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Problems and Prospects of Fish Fry Trade in Jessore District of Bangladesh

M. M. Rahaman
Department of Fisheries, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. A. Sayeed
Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

A. Paul
Department of Fisheries, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Nahiduzzaman
Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study was conducted to investigate the existing system of fry trade and different problems and prospects associated with this enterprise in Jessore district. A total of 82 hatchery operators and nursery owners were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. In the study period 4211.5 kg hatchling were produced in 85 hatcheries in this area of which 80% were reared in the same area. Average price of per kg hatchling were Indian major carps- Tk.1200 to 1800, Chinese carp Tk. 1200 to 1600 and Thai sharpunti and pungus- Tk. 900 to 1200. A total 1621 lacs of 1-4" sized fry was produced during the study period. Among them Indian major carp 864.3 lacs (53.32%), Chinese carp 621.9 lacs (38.36%), Thai sharpunti and pangus 134.8 lacs (8.32%). The fry mortality was observed 24 % (± 1.92) due to improper management. The aratdar and middlemen were controlling the marketing system. As a consequence, fry traders and nursery operators have been facing several problems in this business. The main constrains were lack of capital (35%) followed by lack of technical knows-how (27%) faced by fry traders. The nursery operators faced the problems like lack of capital (31%), high lease value (25%), high price of production inputs (17%), terrorism (12%), intense market competition (9%) and the lack of policy support (6%). As Jessore contributes fifty percent of total fry and fingerling production in Bangladesh, therefore, the stakeholders should focus on the trade issues, otherwise fish supply would be interrupted as a whole.

Keywords: Fish fry trader, Hatchery and nursery operator, Business constraints, Middlemen, Aratdar

Location: Sadar, Monirampur and Bagherpara upazila, Jessore District, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Price behavior

Objectives:

To study the existing system of fry trade and also find out different problems and prospects in this enterprise

Methodology:

The study was conducted on 82 nursery operators and customers of Sadar, Monirampur and Bagherpara upazila of Jessore district. Both the nursery operators and the customers were selected randomly. A structured questionnaire was prepared emphasizing on pond ownership, nursery layer, and number of employees, sources of spawn, fingerling production, survival rate, market system, sources of capital and constrains in the trade etc. for collecting information to pertinent the study objectives. Pre-test was done before finalization of the questionnaire. Data collection was made during pick season (June to October, 2002) of the business. Data were analysis using simple arithmetical calculation such as mean, percentage with computer based MS Excel program. There are some limitations of the study that the nursery owners hardly kept systematic record of year wise purchase and sell data. They supplied data from their memory and thus in most cases it was difficult to get accurate information.

Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 18(2) : 199-207, 2007 ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

The success of the pond aquaculture over the country depends mostly on the availability of quality spawn/fry. However, carp seed production is still very poor in Bangladesh so that it cannot fulfill/satisfy the demand. In the field of nursery operation in Bangladesh no mordern technologies have so far been practiced by the nursery operators as like hatchery technology. Nursery operation is the consecutive step of hatchery operation as well as pond fish culture. Therefore it is nearly of every bodies interest that nursery trade in Jessore region playing a vital role in producing the carp spawn / fry not for only in Jessore region but also for the whole country. In spite of high potentiality, there are some barriers in this trade which is hindering the growth of sector. Bangladesh government as well as the other stakeholders in this sector should play vital role to save this prospectus sector. This will eventually help in poverty reduction through creating employment opportunity and overall socio-economic condition will be uplifted and national production target will be achieved.

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