The fisheries resources management of the greater Rajshahi District (original) (raw)

Fisheries and aquatic resources are economically, ecologically, culturally and aesthetically important to the nation. From the global perspectives, the main issues facing by the international fishing community generally are over fishing, overcapacity, by-catch management as well as environmental degradation. The combined effect of these factors that have made 60-70 % of the major world fisheries resources are in urgent need of management action to restrict the increase in fishing capacity and to rehabilitate damaged resources (FAO, 1991). In Bangladesh, fisheries is one of the major sub-sectors of agriculture, which play a dominant role in nutrition, employment, earning foreign currency and other areas of economy. This sub-sector contributes about 80% to the national animal protein intakes, nearly 6 % to the