Analyzing the Growth Opportunities and Systemic Bottlenecks in Bangladeshi Aquaculture

1. Analyzing the Growth
Opportunities and Systemic
Bottlenecks in Aquaculture

2. Contribution of Fisheries to the
Bangladeshi Economy
$9.42 bn
total GDP value of
Ǧơŀğƙņğơ͘ñƭ͘ĐƵƙƙğŨƭ͘
ƖƙņĐğơ͘ņŨ͘Hà͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫
2.59%
ųķ͘ŨñƭņųŨñŝ͘I'£͘
ĐųŨƭƙņĎƵƭğė͘Ďǔ͘
Ǧơŀğƙņğơ
22.23%
ųķ͘ñĸƙņĐƵŝƭƵƙñŝ͘I'£͘
ĐųŨƭƙņĎƵƭğė͘Ďǔ͘
Ǧơŀğƙņğơ
7.84%
ĸƙųǎƭŀ͘ųĎơğƙǍğė͘ņŨ͘
Ǧơŀğƙņğơ͘ņŨ
Hà͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫
5th
ŝñƙĸğơƭ͘ñƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘
ƖƙųėƵĐğƙ͘ņŨ͘ƭŀğ
ǎųƙŝė
4.6 mn MT
Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐğė͘ņŨ͘
ñŨĸŝñėğơŀ͘ņŨ
Hà͘˫˩˫˩́˫˪
2X
ĸƙųǎƭŀ͘ñĐŀņğǍğė͘ņŨ͘
Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ͘ņŨ͘ƭŀğ͘
ŝñơƭ͘˪˫͘ǔğñƙơ
$532.94 mn
ƙğĐğņǍğė͘ņŨ͘ķųƙğņĸŨ͘
ğǓĐŀñŨĸğ͘ğñƙŨņŨĸơ͘
ķƙųŦ͘Ǧơŀ͘ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘ņŨ͘
Hà͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫
60%
ųķ͘ƭŀğ͘ƭųƭñŝ͘ƖųƖƵŝñƭņųŨ͘ņơ͘ėņƙğĐƭŝǔ͘ųƙ͘ņŨėņƙğĐƭŝǔ͘ğŨĸñĸğė͘ņŨ͘Ǧơŀğƙņğơ͘ǍñŝƵğ͘ĐŀñņŨ͘ķųƙ͘ƭŀğņƙ͘
ŝņǍğŝņŀųųėơ
12%
ųķ͘ñŝŝ͘ñŨŨƵñŝ͘ƖƙųƭğņŨ͘
ĐųŨơƵŦƖƭņųŨ͘ņơ͘
ơƵƖƖŝņğė͘Ďǔ͘Ǧơŀğƙņğơ
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3. Composition of Fisheries Resources
2.64 mn MT (57%) Productivity: 3127 kg/ha
Inland Closed Water (Culture)
Pond
Seasonal Cultured Waterbody
1.30 mn MT (28%) Productivity: 337 kg/ha
Inland Open Water (Capture)
Baor
Shrimp/Prawn/Fish Farm
Pen Culture
Crab Production
Cage Culture
River and Estuary
Sundarbans
0.68 mn MT (15%) Productivity: n/a
Marine Fisheries
Industrial
Artisanal
Beel
Kaptai Lake
Floodplain
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4. Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐğė͘ƭŀƙųƵĸŀ͘
ñƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘ņŨ
Hà͘˫˩˫˩́˫˪
ųķ͘ñǍğƙñĸğ͘ĸƙųǎƭŀ͘
ųĎơğƙǍğė͘ņŨ͘ñƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘
ųǍğƙ͘ƭŀğ͘ŝñơƭ͘˪˫͘ǔğñƙơ
ųķ͘ǎñƭğƙ͘ñƙğñ͘Ƶơğė͘ķųƙ͘
ņŨŝñŨė͘ñƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘ņŨ
Hà͘˫˩˫˩́˫˪
Contribution of Aquaculture toward
Increasing the Fish Production
2.6 mn MT 8.59% 8.47 lakhs ha
ƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ͘ŀñơ͘Ŧųƙğ͘ƭŀñŨ͘doubled͘ņŨ͘Hà͘˫˩˫˩́˫˪͘ĐųŦƖñƙğė͘ƭų͘ƭŀñƭ͘ųķ͘Hà͘˫˩˩˱́˩˲̪
ǎŀņĐŀ͘ŀñơ͘ŝğė͘ƭų͘ņŨĐƙğñơğė͘Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ
Top 5 species in pond aquaculture in FY 2020–21 (Lakh MT)
2.33
2.40
2.49
2.58
2.64
2020–21
2019–20
2018–19
2016–17 2017–18
Aquaculture production in the
last 5 years (in million MT)
3.91 3.16 2.95 2.14 1.97
Pangas Tilapia/Nilotica Rui ®ņŝǍğƙ͘ ñƙƖ Mrigal
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5. 448
550
509
2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2017–18
446
2018–19
408
2019–20
361
2020–21
332
2021–22
328
407
252
2022–23*
2016–17
Bottlenecks and Potential of Shrimp
Farming and Exports
UŨ͘Hà͘˫˩˫˩́˫˪̪͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ñŨė͘ƖƙñǎŨ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ͘ǎñơ͘˫̩ˮ˫͘ŝñřŀơ͘s»͘ñŨė͘ņƭ͘ñĐĐųƵŨƭğė͘ķųƙ͘ˮ̩˭ˮΒ͘ųķ͘ƭųƭñŝ͘Ǧơŀ͘
production. 1.31 lakhs MT shrimp and prawn were produced in farms.
®ŀƙņŦƖ͘ñĐĐųƵŨƭğė͘ķųƙ͘Ŧųƙğ͘ƭŀñŨ͘˰ˮΒ͘ųķ͘ƭųƭñŝ͘ğñƙŨņŨĸơ͘ķƙųŦ͘Ǧơŀ͘ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘ņŨ͘Hà͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫̩͘ñŨĸŝñėğơŀ͘Ŧųơƭŝǔ͘
ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘Penaeus monodon͘ǎŀņĐŀ͘ņơ͘ñŝơų͘řŨųǎŨ͘ñơ͘ƭŀğ͘ŝñĐř͘»ņĸğƙ͘®ŀƙņŦƖ̹͘ñĸėñ̺̩
Shrimp exports (in million USD)
*till March 2023
®ņŨĐğ͘Hà͘˫˩˪ˬ́˪˭̪͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘ŀñǍğ͘ĸğŨğƙñŝŝǔ͘ơğğŨ͘ñ͘ėğĐŝņŨņŨĸ͘ƭƙğŨė͘ųǎņŨĸ͘ƭų͘ėņķǦĐƵŝƭǔ͘ņŨ͘ŦñņŨƭñņŨņŨĸ͘
ņŨƭğƙŨñƭņųŨñŝ͘ơƭñŨėñƙėơ͘ñŨė͘ŝñĐř͘ųķ͘ƖƙņĐğ͘ĐųŦƖğƭņƭņǍğŨğơơ̩͘»ŀğ͘ėğŦñŨė͘ķųƙ͘ŀņĸŀ̿ƖƙņĐğė͘sųŨųėųŨ͘ŀñơ͘ơŀƙƵŨř͘
ėƵğ͘ƭų͘ņŨĐƙğñơğė͘ƖųƖƵŝñƙņƭǔ͘ųķ͘ŝųǎ̿ƖƙņĐğė͘ÙñŨŨñŦğņ͘ņŨ͘ƭŀğ͘ĸŝųĎñŝ͘Ŧñƙřğƭ̪͘ǎŀņĐŀ͘ņơ͘Ũųǎ͘ğơƭņŦñƭğė͘ñƭ͘˱˩Β͘ųķ͘
ƭŀğ͘ƭųƭñŝ͘Ŧñƙřğƭ͘ơŀñƙğ̩
UŨ͘Hà͘˫˩˫˫́˫ˬ͘ơų͘ķñƙ̪͘ƭųƭñŝ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘ŀñǍğ͘ƙğñĐŀğė͘ñƖƖƙųǓ̩͘®'͘˫ˮ˫͘ŦŨ̪͘ǎŀņĐŀ͘ņơ͘˫˭̩ˬ˲Β͘ŝğơơ͘ƭŀñŨ͘ƭŀğ͘
ğǓƖųƙƭơ͘ğñƙŨņŨĸơ͘ƙğĐğņǍğė͘ņŨ͘ƭŀğ͘ơñŦğ͘Ɩğƙņųė͘ėƵƙņŨĸ͘ƭŀğ͘ŝñơƭ͘ǦơĐñŝ͘ǔğñƙ̩
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6. Harina 4%
Galda 39%
Others 3% Bagda 52%
Chaka 2%
Bottlenecks and Potential of Shrimp
Farming and Exports
»ŀğ͘0ƵƙųƖğñŨ͘ÂŨņųŨ̹͘0Â̺͘ņơ͘ƭŀğ͘ŦñŖųƙ͘ņŦƖųƙƭğƙ͘ųķ͘ñŨĸŝñėğơŀņ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ñơ͘ņƭ͘ñĐĐųƵŨƭơ͘ķųƙ͘Ŧųƙğ͘ƭŀñŨ͘˰ˮΒ͘ųķ͘
ƭŀğ͘ĐųƵŨƭƙǔ͌ơ͘ƭųƭñŝ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ğǓƖųƙƭơ̩͘€ƭŀğƙ͘řğǔ͘ĎƵǔğƙơ͘ñƙğ͘®̪͘eñƖñŨ̪͘ñŨė͘ ŀņŨñ̩
ķƭğƙ͘ơƵĐĐğơơķƵŝ͘ƖņŝųƭņŨĸ̪͘ƭŀğ͘ĸųǍğƙŨŦğŨƭ͘ŀñơ͘ƙğĐğŨƭŝǔ͘ėğǍğŝųƖğė͘ñ͘ĸƵņėğŝņŨğ͘ƭų͘ñŝŝųǎ͘ƭŀğ͘ĐųŦŦğƙĐņñŝ͘ķñƙŦņŨĸ͘
ųķ͘ÙñŨŨñŦğņ̩͘»ŀņơ͘ǎņŝŝ͘ğŨñĎŝğ͘ñŨĸŝñėğơŀņ͘ƖƙųĐğơơųƙơ͘ƭų͘ĐųŦƖğƭğ͘ǎņƭŀ͘ƭŀğ͘ŦñŖųƙ͘ÙñŨŨñŦğņ̿ƖƙųėƵĐņŨĸ͘
ĐųƵŨƭƙņğơ͘ŝņřğ͘UŨėņñ̪͘ÙņğƭŨñŦ̪͘0ĐƵñėųƙ̪͘ñŨė͘ ŀņŨñ͘ņŨ͘ƭŀğ͘ņŨƭğƙŨñƭņųŨñŝ͘Ŧñƙřğƭ̩
ñŨĸŝñėğơŀ͘ƙğĐğņǍğė͘IU͘ĐğƙƭņǦĐñƭņųŨ͘ķųƙ͘sųŨųėųŨ̹͘ñĸėñ̺͘ņŨ͘˫˩˫˫͘ǎŀņĐŀ͘ĐųƵŝė͘ƖñǍğ͘ƭŀğ͘ǎñǔ͘ķųƙ͘ƙğĐğņǍņŨĸ͘
ƖƙğŦņƵŦ͘ƖƙņĐğơ͘ņŨ͘ğǓƖųƙƭ͘ėğơƭņŨñƭņųŨơ̩
in FY 2020–21 (volume)
Species-wise cultured
shrimp/prawn production
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7. Major Systemic Challenges in
Aquaculture
sñƙřğƭ͘ƖƙņĐğơ͘ųķ͘ĐƵŝƭƵƙğė͘Ǧơŀ͘ņŨĐƙğñơğė͘Ďǔ͘ˬ˩́˭˩Β͘ŝñơƭ͘ǔğñƙ̪͘ñŨ͘ñŝŝ̿ƭņŦğ͘ŀņĸŀ̪͘ŦñņŨŝǔ͘ėƵğ͘ƭų͘
60–70% hike in feed prices
¦ñƖņė͘ėğǍğŝųƖŦğŨƭ͘ųķ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ñŨė͘Ǧơŀ͘ŀñƭĐŀğƙņğơ͘ñŨė͘ŨƵƙơğƙņğơ͘ŀñơ͘ơƭņŦƵŝñƭğė͘ñƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘ĸƙųǎƭŀ͘
ĎƵƭ͘ŀñơ͘ñŝơų͘Đƙğñƭğė͘ơğğė͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ƖƙųĎŝğŦơ
iņŦņƭğė͘ŝñŨė͘ñŨė͘ƙğơųƵƙĐğơ͘ķųƙ͘Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ
Unaffordability of quality feeds and limited awareness
ųķ͘ƭŀğ͘ĎğŨğǦƭơ
Poor farm management practices leading to low
ƖƙųėƵĐƭņǍņƭǔ͘ñŨė͘ŝųǎ͘ƙğơņơƭñŨĐğ͘ƭų͘ėņơğñơğơ
Use of low-quality seeds
Limited knowledge of food safety and hygiene regulations
PğñǍǔ͘Ɩųơƭ̿ŀñƙǍğơƭ͘ŝųơơ͘ėƵğ͘ƭų͘ņŨơƵķǦĐņğŨƭ͘ơƭųƙñĸğ̪
ƭƙñŨơƖųƙƭñƭņųŨ̪͘ñŨė͘Đųŝė͘ĐŀñņŨ͘ņŨķƙñơƭƙƵĐƭƵƙğ
Reasons for poor quality
of carp seeds
Reasons for poor quality
of shrimp PL
1. Inbreeding
4. Improper brood management practices
˫̩͘uğĸñƭņǍğ͘ơğŝğĐƭņųŨ
˪̩͘uųŨ̿ñǍñņŝñĎņŝņƭǔ͘ųķ͘ǍņƙƵơ̿ķƙğğ͘Ŧųƭŀğƙ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ
2. Lack of compliance with hatchery operation protocols
ˬ̩͘uųŨ̿ñǍñņŝñĎņŝņƭǔ͘ųķ͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘Ďƙųųė
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8. Status Quo and Way Forward
ƙųƵŨė͘˫͘ŝñřŀơ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ķñƙŦơ͘ñŨė͘˲˯ˮ˪͘ĐųŦŦğƙĐņñŝ͘Ǧơŀ͘ķñƙŦơ͘
ŀñǍğ͘ĎğğŨ͘ƙğĸņơƭğƙğė͘ƭų͘ņŦƖŝğŦğŨƭ͘ƭƙñĐğñĎņŝņƭǔ͘ơǔơƭğŦơ
Standard management systems based on Hazard Analysis and
ƙņƭņĐñŝ͘ ųŨƭƙųŝ͘£ųņŨƭ̹͘P £̺͘ñŨė͘Iųųė͘ƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘£ƙñĐƭņĐğ͘
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UŨ͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫̪͘͘ĸųǍğƙŨŦğŨƭ͘ƖƙųǍņėğė͘'»͘˫˫̩˲˪͘Đƙųƙğ͘ƭų͘˪˪͘ŀñƭĐŀğƙņğơ
ñơ͘ŦñƭĐŀņŨĸ͘ĸƙñŨƭ͘ķųƙ͘ƖƙųėƵĐņŨĸ͘®£H͘Ďƙųųė̪͘Ɩųŝǔřņƭ̪͘ñŨė͘£i͘
UŨ͘˫˩˫˪́˫˫̪͘˯˫̩˪͘Đƙųƙğ͘®£H͘£i͘ķųƙ͘sųŨųėųŨ͘ŀñǍğ͘ĎğğŨ͘ƖƙųėƵĐğė͘
Ďǔ͘ˬ͘ñƖƖƙųǍğė͘ŀñƭĐŀğƙņğơ
Ensuring
food
security
Implementing
regulatory
policies
ˬ͘ņŨƭğƙŨñƭņųŨñŝ̿ơƭñŨėñƙė͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ĐųŨƭƙųŝ͘ŝñĎơ͘
ñƙğ͘ĎğņŨĸ͘ųƖğƙñƭğė͘Ďǔ͘ƭŀğ͘ĸųǍğƙŨŦğŨƭ͘ƭų͘
ensure food safety. The Department of
Hņơŀğƙņğơ̹͘'ųH̺͘ņơ͘ñŝơų͘ñėŦņŨņơƭğƙņŨĸ͘uñƭņųŨñŝ͘
¦ğơņėƵğ͘ ųŨƭƙųŝ͘£ŝñŨ̹͘u¦ £̺͘ƭų͘ĐŀğĐř͘ķųƙ͘
residues and contaminants
͘®€£͘ŦñŨƵñŝ͘ŀñơ͘ĎğğŨ͘ėğǍğŝųƖğė͘ķųƙ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘
production in line with international food safety
ñŨė͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ơƭñŨėñƙėơ̩͘ƘƵñĐƵŝƭƵƙğ͘sğėņĐņŨñŝ͘
£ƙųėƵĐƭơ͘ ųŨƭƙųŝ͘IƵņėğŝņŨğ͘ŀñơ͘ĎğğŨ͘ėğǍğŝųƖğė͘
and implemented
Hņơŀ͘ñŨė͘Hņơŀ͘£ƙųėƵĐƭơ̹͘UŨơƖğĐƭņųŨ͘ñŨė͘¥Ƶñŝņƭǔ͘
ųŨƭƙųŝ̺͘Đƭ͘˫˩˫˩͘ņơ͘Ũųǎ͘ņŨ͘ğķķğĐƭ̪͘ƖñǍņŨĸ͘ƭŀğ͘
ǎñǔ͘ķųƙ͘ơñķğ͘ñŨė͘ơƭñŨėñƙėņǟğė͘Ǧơŀ͘ƖƙųėƵĐƭņųŨ͘
ķųƙ͘Ďųƭŀ͘ƭŀğ͘ėųŦğơƭņĐ͘ñŨė͘ķųƙğņĸŨ͘Ŧñƙřğƭơ
Hņơŀ͘PñƭĐŀğƙǔ͘Đƭ͘˫˩˪˩͘ñŨė͘Hņơŀ͘PñƭĐŀğƙǔ͘
¦Ƶŝğơ͘˫˩˪˪͘ŀñǍğ͘ĎğğŨ͘ņŦƖŝğŦğŨƭğė͘ƭų͘
ƖƙųėƵĐğ͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ơƖñǎŨ͘ñŨė͘ǦŨĸğƙŝņŨĸơ
IųǍğƙŨŦğŨƭ͘ğŨñĐƭğė͘Hņơŀ͘Hğğė͘ñŨė͘ŨņŦñŝ͘
Hğğė͘Đƭ͘˫˩˪˩͘ñŨė͘Hņơŀ͘Hğğė͘¦Ƶŝğơ͘˫˩˪˪͘ƭų͘
regulate the feed industry
Improving shrimp hatching and cultivation practices
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9. Looking Ahead: Priorities for
Sustainable Growth
Encourage vertical
ğǓƖñŨơņųŨ͘ƭŀƙųƵĸŀ͘
̹ĐñƖņƭñŝ̶řŨųǎŝğėĸğ̺̿ņŨƭğŨơņǍğ͘
ñŨė͘ĐųŨƭƙųŝŝğė͘Ǧơŀ
cultivation to reduce
land and water use
UŦƖƙųǍğ͘ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ųķ͘Ǧơŀ͘
and shrimp genetics
ñŨė͘ĎƙğğėņŨĸ
Use advanced
technologies for farm
mechanization to
increase yield
'ğǍğŝųƖ͘ņŨŨųǍñƭņǍğ͘ơųŝƵƭņųŨơ͘ķųƙ͘ơŦñŝŝŀųŝėğƙ͘ơŀƙņŦƖ͘ñŨė͘Ǧơŀ͘ķñƙŦğƙơ͘ƭų͘ĸņǍğ͘ƭŀğŦ͘ñĐĐğơơ͘ƭų͘
ŝųǎ̿ņŨƭğƙğơƭ͘Đƙğėņƭ͘ñŨė͘ĐƙųƖ͘ņŨơƵƙñŨĐğ
Strengthen capacity
and address
ņŨğķǦĐņğŨĐņğơ͘ƭŀƙųƵĸŀųƵƭ͘
the value chain
Develop domestic
ŀņĸŀ̿ƘƵñŝņƭǔ͘ķğğė͘
production capacity
Develop technical
capacity of farmers and
hatchery managers
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