FisheriesMore than 45 stalls of ornamental fish, aquatic plants and terrariums filled a three-day fair at the Shilpakala Academy; another ornamental fish fair runs at Eskaton from 5 to 8 November.
OpinionIn a Krishi Jagran column, Tarun Shridhar says Northeast India could feed itself with fish and export ornamental species if cold storage, credit, cage culture and market links were built at district level.
FisheriesMusaddiq Mondol Rahat started breeding ornamental fish in two tubs on his roof during the pandemic; his farm in Dayarampur now breeds 20 species and, he says, earns Tk 500,000 to Tk 700,000 a month.
FisheriesAbu Raihan bought 10 ornamental fish for Tk 500 in 2020; he now breeds 30 species in 36 concrete tanks in his yard, sells across the country through a Facebook page and earns about Tk 40,000 a month.
FisheriesPoor water quality, overfeeding, low oxygen, sudden temperature changes, overcrowding and disease brought in by new fish can kill aquarium fish; regular partial water changes and measured feeding are the main remedies.
At Banda village in Khulna's Dumuria, Rahul Biswas's Biswas Agro Project and Fish Hatchery breeds molly, guppy, goldfish, angel, koi carp and other aquarium fish in three houses and six ponds, sells them at Tk 20-200 a pair or piece from Khalishpur to Dhaka's Katabon, and runs all-male freshwater pr
Gopal Biswas of Goalibari village in Bagerhat built his cages from plastic drums and netting with technical help from the Fakirhat fisheries office; upazila fisheries officer Md Ferdous Ansari says cage culture could give landless riverside families a living if training and credit are extended.
A young entrepreneur in Kaliganj is paying for his own and his siblings' studies by breeding ornamental fish for aquarium traders.
