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Category: Event | Fair

Poradaha Fish Fair 2013

The largest dwarf goonch at the fair, 190 cm in TL

The largest Dwarf goonch at the fish fair measuring 190 cm in TL

The Poradaha Fish Fair of Bogra district is a famous fair in Northern Bangladesh. The date of the fair is quite interesting, it generally sets on the last Wednesday of the Bengali month Magh, if this Wednesday …read more

Category: Manpower | Resource | Teachers

Fisheries Teacher Profile: Md. Shakhawate Hossain

Md. Shakhawate Hossain

Md. Shakhawate Hossain Lecturer Department of Fisheries Biology & Aquatic environment Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh

Contact: Telephone: +88 02 9205310-14 ext-2266 Mobile: +88 01716232126 Fax: +88 02 9205331 E-mail: selim.gen@gmail.com

 

Work Experience

Dates: 06 April 2011 on wards Occupation or position held: Lecturer, Department of Fisheries Biology & Aquatic Environment Main activities and responsibilities: …read more

Category: Book | Publication

Book Profile: Climate Change: Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture

Fisheries Book Climate Change: Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture

Cover page of the book

Fish and other fisheries items play an important task in our national economy and meet up of more than fifty five percent animal protein. In present fisheries is the second largest foreign currency earning sector of Bangladesh. Gradually different …read more

Category: Costal and marine | Management

Chemical factors affecting the life of shellfishes

In previous feature, different kinds of physical factors affecting the life of shellfishes were described. The most important physical factors are light, temperature, turbidity, depth, water current, substrate etc. In this feature, different types of chemical factors (viz. salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen) affecting the life of shellfish will be explained.

 

Salinity:

Salinity is a major environmental factor determining …read more

Category: Costal and marine | Management

Physical factors affecting the life of shellfishes

In nature, shellfishes are very crucial both in ecological and economical point of view among calcifying species. They play an important role in ecological balance and thus they are termed as engineer of the ecosystem, governing energy and nutrient flows in ecosystems, providing shelters and abodes for many benthic organisms and constituting an important food source for birds, crabs, starfishes, fishes and as well as for dairy and poultry. In …read more

Category: Fisheries Items (Except fish) | Resource

Economic Importance of Shellfishes of Bangladesh

Shrimps/Prawns:

Almost all farmed produced shrimps are exported as processed frozen sea food and is the second largest export item in Bangladesh. Presently 162 processing plants are in operation among which 74 processing plants are EU approved. Directly and indirectly more than 2 million people are engaged in upstream and downstream activities related to shrimp industry in the country- in harvesting, culture, processing and exporting (DoF, 2012). Majority of …read more

Category: Fisheries Items (Except fish) | Resource

Commercially Important Shellfishes of Bangladesh

Giant River Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

Giant River Prawn

What is Shellfish?

Generally shellfish are aquatic invertebrates possess a shell or outer skeleton applied to a variety of marine and freshwater life. They are usually crustaceans and mollusks. Despite the name, shellfish are not a kind of fish, but are simply animals that live in water. They are mainly …read more