Hilsa fishery management in Bangladesh

cg.contribution.worldfishauthorRahman, M.J.en_US
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorAbdul, W.M.en_US
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorHaque, A.M.en_US
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorCohen, P.J.en_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.crpFishen_US
cg.contributor.funderUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.projectEnhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh phase 2 (EcoFish II)en_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.idMohammad Jalilur Rahman: 0000-0003-4090-7339en_US
cg.creator.idA.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque: 0000-0002-5334-5630en_US
cg.creator.idPhilippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943en_US
cg.description.themeAquacultureen_US
cg.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
cg.subject.agrovochilsaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocbay of bengalen_US
dc.creatorRahman, M.J.en_US
dc.creatorAbdul, W.M.en_US
dc.creatorHaque, A.M.en_US
dc.creatorCohen, P.J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T20:08:13Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T20:08:13Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractHilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha), is a biologically, nutritionally, economically, socially and culturally important species in the Bay of Bengal and Persian Gulf regions, but Bangladesh enjoys the major share wherein it contributes about 517,000 tons/year. However, this important fishery declined in the late 1990's that led the Government to formulate the Hilsa Fishery Management Action Plan (HFMAP) and started its implementation from 2005. Since then, hilsa production increased @5%/year till 2015. To improve the annual incremental production further, Department of Fisheries (DoF) and WorldFish have jointly been implementing "Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH-Bangladesh)", a USAID supported project (2014-2019). The project supports the DoF and local communities to establish a science-based "adaptive co-management" that focuses on the brood hilsa protection, juvenile conservation, illegal gears control, and overall ecosystem resilience involving all stakeholders. As a synergistic impact of all the initiatives taken and the proactive supports of the law enforcing agencies, the declined hilsa fishery from both inland and marine habitats revived @ 11% annual incremental total hilsa catch. The increased hilsa production and average size (from 510 g to 915 g) resulted in increased household income of fishers by 52%. The interventions additionally improved catfish abundance and other fish biodiversity.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationMohammad Rahman, Wahab Abdul, A. B. M. Haque, Philippa Cohen. (1/9/2020). Hilsa fishery management in Bangladesh. Malaysia.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/414/1/012018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/6120
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.subjectfisheries managementen_US
dc.subjectecofishen_US
dc.titleHilsa fishery management in Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US

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