DFM Bangladesh key locations report

Terms of Reference

• Field reports from each cluster should highlight main characteristics and unique features of the sites visited
• The compiled report should include a selection of key locations for in-depth research/

Status

DRAFT

Workflow

• 2021-03-27: Draft received from Taslima. DFM_RPT_BGL-Key-location-report_2021-03-26.docx
• 2021-04-08: Preliminary comments by Derek. DFM_RPT_BGL-Key-location-report_comments.docx
• 2021-08-06: Still on Derek's desk. TODO: Derek send comments to Taslima by 2021-08-11.
• 2021-09-08: Response from Derek. DFM_RPT_BGL-Key-location-report_comments_2021-09-08.docx . Suggestions: (1) The addition of a short statement of methodology that explains how the data for the report were gathered, by whom, and using what methods. (2) A glossary of key Bangla terms used in the report. (3) There is some inconsistency in use of terms and spellings in the report. It would be ideal if these were to be harmonized.

Reviewer comments

The report is information rich and illustrated with beautiful photographs. It offers a rough overview of the shape of the dried fish economy of Bangladesh, with the map particularly useful as a reference. The report has numerous starting points for further research. I have noted some of these in my comments. I think the report serves the purpose well of providing a first overview of the social economy of dried fish in Bangladesh in preparation for more detailed follow-up research.

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abstract

The dry 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. It is estimated that nearly half of the total marine catch and nearly one tenth of freshwater catch have been dried round the year with the substantial production during October to April and, marketed both in domestic and international markets. These dried fishes have high demand both in domestic and international markets.

series

DFM Reports

title

DFM Bangladesh key location report

date

2021

author

Mostafa A R Hossain, Mirza Taslima Sultana, Sayeed Ferdous, Md. Samsul Alam, Rasheda Akhtar, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Md. Shahjahan, and Mahmudul H Sumon

series editor

Derek Johnson

license

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

address

Dried Fish Matters Project Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts 432 Fletcher Argue Building, 15 Chancellor Circle The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 CANADA

dried.fish.matters@umanitoba.ca

acknowledgements

This work draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Marine drying yards
• Freshwater drying yards
• Fermenting yards
• Trading centres