A project director of fisheries department has urged the locals to protect mother fishes by establishing fish sanctuaries in nearby water bodies to boost production of fish to meet the demand for protein.
'Due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides on agriculture land, haor, bil and other floodplains, many indigenous fish spices have already disappeared and the rest fish spices are on the verge of extinction for want of safe water bodies including fish sanctuaries,' PD M Nazrul Islam said.
He said this to the locals while visiting a fish sanctuary in the River Ghagot in Bheramara Bridge area under sadar upazila of the district Friday.
As the fish contributes a lot to fulfil 80 per cent of the total animal protein demand there is no alternative to enhancing its production in the country, he also said.
Terming fish the easy means to meet the protein deficiency, he called upon all to protect the indigenous fish spices in all the water bodies anyhow in a bid to increase its production to a great extent.
Fisheries officials, public representatives, fishermen and fish traders were also present on the occasion.
Talking to the news agency district fisheries officer Khirod Kumar Paul said a project namely Poverty Reduction and Livelihood Security for the People of Economically Depressed Areas was being implemented in the district from 2010.
Under the project, a total of four sanctuaries were established in different rivers of the district to protect the mother fishes for boosting fish production, he added.
Source : New Age
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