Steps to increase fish fry output in Kaptai lake

Fries from the lake will meet at least 20 percent of the country's demand and the rest will be collected from Halda river and hatcheries of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC), Kaptai Lake Project Director Qazi Nurunnabi told this correspondent.

The steps, based on a study by the Fisheries Research Institute, follow decisions taken at Sunday's meeting held at the Rangamati deputy commissioner's office in presence of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Deputy Minister Moni Swapan Dewan. The DC, Jafar Ahmed Khan, presided.

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The meeting formed three committees to stop illegal netting of mother fishes in the six breeding grounds in the lake's Chengi, Mainee, Borkol, Katchalong, Longdu and Naniarchar areas.

Vigilance teams comprising 20 BFDC employees and Ansars will be on guard in the lake during the three-month breeding period when fishing in the lake is banned. The ban is effective from May 12.

A three-member upazila committee headed by the local UNO and assisted by BFDC men will create awareness among people to enforce the ban.

Another three-member committee headed by the Additional District Magistrate will monitor all these activities, sources said.