Description:
Village women collect Shrimp fry in Sunderbans. Bangladesh relies entirely on the supply of wild fry for stocking purposes. It has been estimated that 13 billion fry of P monodon were harvested in 1985. The main collection centers are Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat and Cox's Bazar. Japan is currently the main market for Bangladeshi shrimps. There are an increasing source of foreign currency through exports to the USA, Europe and particularly Japan. It has created employment opportunities for thousands of people both in shrimp fishery (culture and capture) sector itself as well as in the backward (wild shrimp fry fishing and hatcheries), and forward linkage (frozen shrimp) industries. Sundarbans, Kaira, Bangladesh. May 03, 2007.
Description:
Village women collect Shrimp fry in Sunderbans. Bangladesh relies entirely on the supply of wild fry for stocking purposes. It has been estimated that 13 billion fry of P monodon were harvested in 1985. The main collection centers are Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat and Cox's Bazar. Japan is currently the main market for Bangladeshi shrimps. There are an increasing source of foreign currency through exports to the USA, Europe and particularly Japan. It has created employment opportunities for thousands of people both in shrimp fishery (culture and capture) sector itself as well as in the backward (wild shrimp fry fishing and hatcheries), and forward linkage (frozen shrimp) industries. Sundarbans, Kaira, Bangladesh. May 03, 2007.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shehab Uddin
City:
Kaira
Country:
Bangladesh
Headline:
Shrimp fry_Bangladesh
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Copyright Majority World
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MWC003899.jpg
File Date/Time:
1471666738
File Size:
3155824
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Image Description:
Village women collect Shrimp fry in Sunderbans. Bangladesh relies entirely on the supply of wild fry for stocking purposes. It has been estimated that 1–3 billion fry of P monodon were harvested in 1985. The main collection centers are Satkhira, Khulna, B