Rajshahi district produced more than 84,000 tonnes of fish last fiscal year against the demand for 66,000 tonnes.
The district has also attained significant success in fish spawn and fish fingerling production which are also surplus than the existing demand.
Jahangir Alam, district fisheries officer, said this at a press conference at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) to mark the inauguration of the National Fisheries Week-2022 here today. Fish production has increased significantly in the result after taking multidimensional development and extension programmes, he said.
The fishery officer said about 3,161 kilograms of fish fingerlings were released last year in 771 hectares of internal water-bodies to increase the fish production. The district has 18,757 registered fishermen and out of them 17,382 have identity cards to receive support and incentives from the government.
