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REPORTS - BOBP/REP/8 Pre-feasibility Study of a Floating Fish Receiving and Distribution Unit for Dubla Char BangladeshbyG. C. Eddie Consultant, Bay of Bengal Programme Formerly Technical Director, White Fish Authority M. T. Nathan Fish Utilization and Distribution Specialist Bay of Bengal Programme |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency :SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Madras, India, April 1980 |
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This document presents the findings of a two-member mission to Bangladesh during October- November 1979. The mission was fielded to conduct a pre-feasibility study concerning the establishment of floating fish receiving and distribution units of different types in the estuarine waters of Bangladesh. The study was to focus mainly on Dubla Char, a low-lying island in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh situated to the east of the outer estuary of the Pusur river. The document discusses the present status of fisheries in Bangladesh and the problems and the potential of existing fisheries systems in Dubla Char. It evaluates in detail the mechanics and the viability of the proposed floating fish receiving and distribution unit for Dubla Char. In the light of this evaluation, it discusses a possible alternative to the floating unit, and then presents a package of conclusions and recommendations. The places visited by the mission in the course of their study included Chittagong, Barisal, Dacca, Dubla Char and Khulna. The mission held discussions with experts and officials of the Bangladesh Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the Directorate of Fisheries, the Planning Commission and the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation; with officials of the Chittagong Fisheries Harbour, with experts of DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency) and the Sonali Bank (which has financed several bahardars or fishery entrepreneurs in Bangladesh). The mission also met and talked with a number of bahardars and fishermen. The members of the mission were Mr. Gordon Eddie, former Technical Director of the White Fish Authority, United Kingdom, and Mr. M. T. Nathan, Fish Utilization and Distribution Specialist with the Bay of Bengal Programme. |
PREFACE
SUMMARY
MAP: NORTH-EAST PART OF THE BAY OF BENGAL
1 PRESENT STATUS OF BANGLADESH FISHERIES, WITH PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THE DUBLA CHAR PROPOSAL
1.1 The fisheries
1.2 Government bodies and development organisations
1.3 Fisheries policy
1.4 The Dubla Char fishery
1.5 Allied matters and current proposals
2 FLOATING UNIT: SOME TECHNICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS
2.1 Introductory remarks
2.2 Handling, stowage and preservation of the catch
2.3 Water treatment
2.4 Ice manufacture, storage and handling
2.5 Naval architecture, marine engineering and nautical matters
2.6 The alternative solution
2.7 Other services
2.8 Further action
3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
3.1 General assumptions and scope of discussion
3.2 Potential benefits
3.3 Possible future developments
4 RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDICES
A. List of principal documents consulted
B. Costs of a fish carrier launch
C. Costs and earnings of a bahardar
D. Diary and itinerary of mission
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