Dhaka, Sept. 9 -- The climate and water bodies are apposite for various fish farming in Bangladesh. There are 8545 bunged water bodies - 3.46 lac acres and 3773 open water bodies- 27.82 lac acres. Most of them are under contract farming by local farmers and national or international agencies. As a result, intensification (extraction of ground water, agrochemicals, hybrid seeds and patent) of water bodies makes it suitable only for hybrid fish, not for aboriginal fish, particularly in coastal region.
In haor areas, almost all segments of cultivated lands are used for at least one rice crop a year. Approximately a 16 percent of the total rice area of Bangladesh falls into this region. Boro is the main variety of rice grown here. The aquatic ...