Authors: M A R Hossain, Mirza Taslima Sultana, Sayeed Ferdous, Md. Samsul Alam, Rasheda Akhtar, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Md. Shahjahan, & Mahmudul H Sumon
2022
University of Manitoba / Bangladesh Agricultural University / Jahangirnagar University
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Bangladesh
The dried fish sector has made a strong position in the economy of Bangladesh as it has its appearance both on international and local markets. The large-scale fish drying and fermentation activities are concentrated in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet-Mymensingh-Comilla and Khulna-Barisal-Patuakhali region. Dublar Char in Sundarban, Khulna, and Nazirar Tek and Sonadia in Cox’s Bazar are the major and largest marine fish drying facilities of the country. Freshwater fish are mainly dried in Sylhet-Mymensingh-Comilla region. In the Chalan Beel area at the north central Bangladesh, in Faridpur and Kaptai Lake, smaller quantity of freshwater fishes is dried as well.
Dried fish sector; Bangladesh; fish drying regions; marine and freshwater drying; fermentation; regional trade; fisheries economy
Hossain, M. A. R., Sultana, M. T., Ferdous, S., Alam, Md. S., Akhtar, R., Rahman, Md. S., Shahjahan, Md., & Sumon, M. H. (2022). Key locations: Dry Fish processing and trading in Bangladesh (Working Paper No. 10; Dried Fish Matters). The University of Manitoba / Bangladesh Agricultural University / Jahangirnagar University.
