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Why Fish Farming Matters and Why Catches Are Falling
With wild fish stocks shrinking, fish and shrimp farming is proving more profitable than crop farming for Bangladeshi farmers, and the country ranks fifth in the world in aquaculture.
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CropsChattogram floods hit about 10,000 fish ponds and over 14,000 hectares of farmland
Heavy rain and hill torrents in July 2026 damaged about 10,000 ponds, dighis and shrimp enclosures and more than 14,000 hectares of farmland in Chattogram, with fish worth over Tk 90 crore lost by the fisheries office's first count.
CropsHow fish farmers can read pond water: oxygen, algae and clarity signs
Most pond fish deaths follow a fall in dissolved oxygen late at night. FAO's fish-farming guidance shows how a simple arm test, a Secchi disc and a few warning signs let farmers spot the danger early.
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Choosing Farming Over a Job, Sumon Earns Tk 15 Lakh a Year from Integrated Farm
Instead of chasing a job, Zahidul Mahmud Sumon of Pirojpur took up integrated farming after watching YouTube, and now earns Tk 10 to 15 lakh a year from papaya, fruit and fish.
CropsBangladesh hilsa output falls for a third year as the fish get smaller
After nearly two decades of growth, Bangladesh's hilsa production fell from the 2022-23 fiscal year onwards and the average weight of the fish dropped too; fisheries officials and researchers blamed catches of juvenile fish, estuary fishing, silted rivers and pollution.
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State Minister Wants Production of Nets Harmful to Hilsa Stopped
The state minister for fisheries and livestock has ordered an end to the production of fishing nets that harm hilsa breeding and conservation.
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How Chital Fish Farming Can Be Profitable
Chital, which grows fast and rarely falls ill, can be farmed profitably alongside carp if stocked with tilapia brood as live feed.
FisheriesMagura fish farmer Indrajit hopes to sell Tk 80 lakh of fish from leased ponds
Indrajit Kumar Biswas of Shatkhali union, Magura, told Jagonews24 in April 2026 that he had leased seven acres of ponds and hoped to sell about Tk 80 lakh of fish, including pabda raised with support from ADI and PKSF.
FisheriesSilt, warmer water and overfishing push Bangladesh's hilsa towards scarcity
Hilsa output fell for a second year to 5 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 and the average fish has shrunk, researchers and Department of Fisheries officials told Jagonews24 in April 2026, blaming silted rivers, pollution, climate change and overfishing.
CropsMango Orchard Area Shrinks in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj as Fish Ponds Spread
Department of Agricultural Extension figures reported on 6 March 2026 showed mango orchards shrinking in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj, where farmers and officials said orchards and paddy land were being dug into fish ponds.
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Integrated Chicken and Fish Farm Changes Sajib's Life
A young man in Rupganj who quit his garment factory job now earns about Tk 1 lakh a month from chickens raised on sheds over his fish pond.
CropsAssasuni farmers allege salt water let into beel by sluice gate, boro at risk
Farmers in Pratapnagar and Tentulia, in Satkhira's Assasuni upazila, alleged in February 2026 that influential shrimp enclosure owners were using a drainage sluice gate to let salt water into a beel, which they said put boro paddy on 80 to 100 bigha at risk. Officials said they would act if misuse was proved.
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Returnee Migrant Enamul Succeeds with Floating Cage Fish Farming
Returnee migrant Enamul Haque has turned the deep water behind a rubber dam on the Atrai river in Dinajpur into a floating cage fish farm that has already earned him Tk 20 lakh.