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Report of the Consultation on Stock Assessment for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-21 June 1980 - BOBP/REP/10.2

Volume 2. Papers

Year of publication 1980

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages p. 145

Product type Book (series)

Series number REP10.2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Coastal fisheries of Bangladesh have been described with reference to location, area and physicochemical characteristics of coastal water, potential fishing grounds, extent of standing stock, yield, species composition, method of exploitation, fishing efforts, methodology of stock assessment and catch statistics with reference to vessels, gear and time. Coastal area of Bangladesh is 37,000 km2 lying between Lat. 20.4ºN and 22.0ºN,and Long. 89ºE, which is no deeper than 50 m. Potential fishing grounds as have been charted by a resource survey are (i) South Patches (20.8ºN - 21.4ºN and 90ºE - 91 ºE), (ii) Middle Ground (20.82ºN - 21.65ºN and 91ºE - 91.8ºE), (iii) Swatch of no ground (21.0ºN - 21.6ºN and 89.0ºE - 91ºE). The standing stock of the Bangladesh continental shelf has been estimated to be 552,500 tons (318,500 tons demersal fish, 200,000 tons pelagic fish, 9000 tons crustaceans and 25,000 tons others). Annual yield from the coastal waters has been estimated at 100,000 tons c omprising 475 species of finfish and 25 species of shrimps. Of the total yield, 95% comes from small scale fishing and the rest from trawl catch. Dominant species of the catch by groups are catfish, Indian salmon, Bombay duck, shark and skates, jew-fish and eels. A total of 45,200 indigenous fishing boats and 1156 mechanised fishing boats are operated in the coastal belt of Bangladesh by about 156,000 fishermen directly engaged and 92,000 fishermen indirectly engaged in fishing. At present 17 tr awlers are being operated by BFDC and 75 trawlers under joint venture with Thailand.

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