Fisheries experts in a training session observed mix fish farming could be the effective means of reviving the small indigenous fish species besides boosting its production which is important for cutting protein deficiency and unemployment problem in rural areas.
They called for involving more people in fish farming for the sake of meeting up the protein demand as fish fulfill at least 60 percent need of the animal protein especially of the poor and marginal communities.
They were addressing a daylong pond-side training titled “Small Indigenous Species (SIS)-Carp Mix Culture Management” held at a Mohanpur Upazila area in the district yesterday.
Department of Fisheries organized the training with the main thrust of disseminating modern knowledge and ideas among the fish farmers so that they can protect the SIS alongside boosting fish yield.
District Fisheries Officer Shubhash Chandra Shaha and Upazila Chairman Abdus Salam addressed the discussion as chief and special guests respectively with Upazila Fisheries Officer Dr Amimul Ehsan in the chair.
Assistant Fisheries Officer Tareque Masum Reja and Field Supervisor Yeasin Ali also spoke.
The discussants underscored the need for substantial and sustainable reaching of fish farming technologies to the grassroots growers for boosting fish production.
Highlighting the time-fitting measures undertaken by the government for boosting fisheries outputs Shubhash Chandra Shaha called for collective efforts towards supplementing the endeavors.
Fish farming has the potential to contribute to poverty reduction and food security through a number of pathways, including employment, incomes and fish consumption.
This is the high time of protecting the fish species especially the sis ones from further depletion in the greater interest of meeting up the protein deficiency, he added, reports BSS, Rajshahi,
