For decades, many of Bangladesh’s indigenous freshwater fish have been disappearing from rivers, canals and other open water bodies.

Md Zulfikar Ali, a fisheries nutritionist, has been appointed as the new director general of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI).

Aquaculture initiatives by the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) in Mymensingh have helped preserve 16 endangered local fish varieties in Bangladesh in the last decade.