Mechanized Pelagic Fishing in Bangladesh-Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Bangladesh possesses a huge sea territory. Settlement of the boundary delimitation with neighboring countries has established her right over enormous sea resources within this territory. Of all known sea resources fisheries’ contributions are significant. Scientific exploration and exploitation of it can add a huge momentum to our economy and thus obviously contribute of our blue economy drive. Introduction of mechanized pelagic fishing trawlers revolutionized the fishing sector through scientific exploration. As a result exploitation has been more massive and transformed traditional fishing into industrial fishing. But in the same time there are some impacts of mechanized pelagic fishing both on environment and socio-economic conditions. If these impacts cannot be mitigated or reduced it appears that there will be havoc in our marine fisheries recourses.