RAJSHAHI, July 19, 2017 (BSS) – Speakers at a post-rally discussion here today underscored the need for enhancing fish farming through the best uses of existing natural resources.
They said that enhanced fish production can be the effective means to meet protein deficiency and poverty alleviation of the people along with employment generation.
District Fisheries Office and District Administration jointly organized the discussion in auditorium of Regional Public Administration Training Centre (RPATC) on the occasion of National Fisheries Week- 2017.
Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, and Akhter Jahan, MP, addressed the discussion as the chief and special guests respectively with Additional Deputy Magistrate Subrata Paul in the chair.
RPATC Deputy Director Ziaul Haque, Divisional Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department Abdul Wadud, Assistant Director Jahangir Alam, Senior Upazila Fisheries Officer Abul Kalam Azad and some successful fish farmers also spoke.
Referring to the immense prospect of the fisheries sector, lawmaker Badsha said fish production could easily be increased to a great extent if the natural resources were utilized properly.
He said that initiatives would be taken to inspire farmers by providing them with latest scientific technologies.
He stressed on the need for involvement more people in fish farming to meet the increasing demand of protein.
Badsha, however, attributed that the fish production has already been enhanced significantly using modern technologies in the country.
In her remarks, Akther Jahan, MP, called for preserving extinct and indigenous fish species to meet the demand of fish.
District Fisheries Officer Subhash Kumar Shaha in his welcome speeches narrated the district level fisheries extension and development activities and highlighted the potentials of the sector.
Earlier, a colorful rally was brought out from the Chandipur area that ended at RPATC ground after parading through the main thoroughfares.
Later, different species of fish fries were released into Padma River adjacent to T-embankment.