Kazi Ali Toufique, BIDS

Prof. Nesar Ahmed, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

This study made an attempt to broadly answer the following questions in the context of Bangladesh fisheries:

1. What are the specific policy barriers in fisheries that are hindering the growth of the sector?

2. What are the management and operational difficulties that the fishermen are facing in the sector?

3. What are the transaction cost barriers for commercial producers, smallholders, rural poor and women in fisheries product markets?

4. What could be the desired roles and responsibilities of the government and other stakeholders to achieve sustainable development in the fisheries sector?

Both primary and secondary level data are used in this study. Primary data was collected from a beel environment and another from a river system. A re-visit was made to a river site studied by one of the authors in 2002. Both quantitative and qualitative data was generated using semi-structured interviews and focus-group discussions. Information collected from the key informants was also used.