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Management and Profitability of Fish Seed Production

M.A. Khan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh.

K.J. Islam
Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, Sahajalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.

F.A. Huda
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

M.S. Rahman
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Proper management is the pre-condition of quality seed of fish hatchery. This paper examined the management strategies as well as profitability of fish seed hatchery in Bangladesh. Four fish hatchery concentrated districts has been chosen and total 56 hatcheries were randomly selected for this research. Brood stock management, feeding, water management and spawning are the main technical components of hatchery operations. Sources of brood, age, size and weight of broods are the main criteria of quality brood selection. Hormone pushed in brood at proper time and right manner is very important to get quality seed. Stocking density and proper male-female ratio in brood pond is another important determinant of hatchery management. Overall, the hatchery business is very lucrative, because on an average the spawn production was 1375 kg per farm and the net return (on the basis of total cost) was Tk.1886937, Tk. 680844 and Tk. 284444 for large, medium and small hatchery respectively.

Keywords: Brood stock, Fish seed (Spawn), Management, Profitability

Location: Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

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Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

To examine the management strategies as well as profitability of fish seed hatchery in Bangladesh

Methodology:

This paper is the part of Carp Phase II project which conducted by jointly World Fish center , Penang, Malaysia and Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Data were collected in 2006 for this research purpose. Four districts namely Mymensingh, Jessore, Chadpur and Bogra were chosen for this study because these four districts are most fish hatchery concentrated area of Bangladesh. Total 56 hatcheries were randomly selected (14 from each district) from four districts for the research. Most of the farms have more than one hatching facilities of different types and sizes with various ranges of production capabilities, measurement on per hectare basis will not be appropriate because fish seed production has two stages: spawn and fry- fingerlings. Spawn is produced in the hatchery whereas fry and fingerlings are raised in the nursery and rearing ponds. Farm production and income depend on appropriate use of both hatchery and ponds. In such a situation, it is not easy to measure production on per hectare basis. Therefore, measurement on per farm basis is more accurate because each farm produces according to its capacity depending on fish seed production facilities available there. One the other hand, the spawn production depends on availability of brood stock of the farm, so calculation of cost and return per brood stock and per kg of brood stock is reasonable. In this study tabular technique was followed to illustrate the management practices. The sum, average, gross costs and returns etc. were the simple statistical measures employed to show the performance of selected groups of fish farmers. Farm has been categorizes as small, medium and large on the basis of number of brood availability in the fish hatchery.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education ISSN 1011-3916 Volume 20, No. 1&2, 2008:99-107

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Achievement/Findings:

The hatchery business is very lucrative, because on an average the spawn production was 1375 kg per farm and the net return (on the basis of total cost) was Tk.1886937, Tk. 680844 and Tk. 284444 for large, medium and small hatchery respectively.

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