Fisheries Development Program
VOSD is gradually marching forward to achieve its set goals and objectives benefiting the poverty-stricken and disadvantaged people, especially the women and the children of the community. It has been awarded the project named “Command Area Development (CAD) Part-C, Small Scale Fisheries Development in Matlab Upazila (Meghna-Donagoda) from December 1999. VOSD has been implementing the above mentioned project in Matlab Upazila of Chandpur District with the financial support of Department of Fisheries (DoF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB). The successful and effective implementation of the project has benefited a good number of targeted women group members in the project areas and many of them have become self-reliant and have been culturing fish with their own fund, because some of them have raised own fund from their income from the fish culture and continuing fish culture. It is mentionable here that many community people, being interested by seeing the successes of the beneficiaries from cultured fishes in the fallow ponds and earning incomes from the modern and scientific fish culture, which has created employment opportunities, income earning opportunities and resource utilization opportunities in the project with modern and scientific fish culture, which have been enhancing national nutrition status, protein intakes, national incomes, national employment status and creating positive impact on the national GDP. This project has covered small ponds and irrigation canals of 77 villages of 14 Unions in Matlab North Upazila under Chandpur district.
Command Area Development through Small Scale Fisheries Development, PART-C
VOSD is gradually marching forward to achieve its set goals and objectives benefiting the poverty-stricken and disadvantaged people, specially the women and the children of the community. It has been awarded the project named “Command Area Development (CAD) Part-C, Small Scale Fisheries Development in Matlab Upazila (Meghna-Donagoda) from December 1999. VOSD has been implementing the above mentioned project in Matlab Upazila of Chandpur District with the financial support of Department of Fisheries (DoF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB). The successful and effective implementation of the project has benefited a good number of targeted women group members in the project areas and many of them have become self-reliant and have been culturing fish with their own fund, because some of them have raised own fund from their income from the fish culture and continuing fish culture. It is mentionable here that many community people, being interested by seeing the successes of the beneficiaries from cultured fishes in the fallow ponds and earning incomes from the modern and scientific fish culture, which has created employment opportunities, income earning opportunities and resource utilization opportunities in the project with modern and scientific fish culture, which have been enhancing national nutrition status, protein intakes, national incomes, national employment status and creating positive impact on the national GDP.
Culture of Thai Koi in Ponds
VOSD undertook fish cultivation activities from the inception (1987) of VOSD because most of the working areas are near the coastal areas of the country. A lot of water bodies and ponds are present in the areas remain uncultured. Most of the people live by fishing in the sea, rivers, flood plains and ponds of the country. Environmental degradation on fish resources and pond and water bodies has become derelict which is creating serious unemployment in these areas. Considering the situation, VOSD has taken different steps to increase fish production through fish culture and re-excavate the derelicts ponds and water bodies for intensive HYV (High Yielding Variety) fish culture. VOSD emphasizes to develop the fish resources in the operational areas to create employment and income earning opportunities for fishermen society and also to minimize the protein deficiency in the area. It also helps local resources utilization. For the improvement of the beneficiaries in the selected areas, VOSD has been implementing “Culture of Thai Koi in Ponds in Matlab Upazila under Chandpur District” under the Agricultural Technology Transfer Project (ATTP) supported by JBIC/GOB/BARC. VOSD is implementing this project with the objectives sto introduce Thai Koi culture technology transfer to the poor farmers to improve their household nutrition status and livelihood means: Transfer Thai Koi culture technology among the resource poor farmers (RPF) especially women beneficiaries, capacity building of the stakeholders through providing technical training to RPF, improve fish production through scientific technology and VOSD undertook fish cultivation activities from the inception (1987) of VOSD because most of the working areas are near the coastal areas of the country. A lot of water bodies and ponds are present in the areas remain uncultured. Most of the people live by fishing in the sea, rivers, flood plains and ponds of the country. Environmental degradation on fish resources and pond and water bodies has become derelict which is creating serious unemployment in these areas. Considering the situation, VOSD has taken different steps to increase fish production through fish culture and re-excavate the derelicts ponds and water bodies for intensive HYV (High Yielding Variety) fish culture. VOSD emphasizes to develop the fish resources in the operational areas to create employment and income earning opportunities for fishermen society and also to minimize the protein deficiency in the area. It also helps local resources utilization.For the improvement of the beneficiaries in the selected areas, VOSD has been implementing “Culture of Thai Koi in Ponds in Matlab Upazila under Chandpur District” under the Agricultural Technology Transfer Project (ATTP) supported by JBIC/GOB/BARC. VOSD is implementing this project with the objectives sto introduce Thai Koi culture technology transfer to the poor farmers to improve their household nutrition status and livelihood means: Transfer Thai Koi culture technology among the resource poor farmers (RPF) especially women beneficiaries, capacity building of the stakeholders through providing technical training to RPF, improve fish production through scientific technology.
Pond Leasing, Re-excavation and Fish Culture
The project has started in the areas of Greater Barisal, Chandpur, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, Patuakhali, Mymensingh, Sirajganj, Jamalpur since 1989 with the help of Department of Fisheries (DoF) and World Food Program (WFP). During the project implementation a total of 12,870 men and women group members were formed. This project creates a positive impact in the locality. The main activities of the project are shown below:
Main Activities:
• Assisting in pond leasing by the fishermen groups
• Organizing fishermen groups or pond owners
• Providing orientation
• Improved scientific fish culture training
• Providing credit support for fish culture.
Fisheries Restoration Program in Inland Water Resources
The project implemented to restore of fisheries habitat inland open water bodies of the countries with the help of Department of Fisheries (DOF) since
2007 to date. The project implemented locations are shown in the following areas:
Table 16 Locations of project implementing areas of VOSD
|
District |
Upazila |
Name of the water bodies |
Area( inhectare) |
|
Khulna |
Terokhada |
Basukhali Khal |
115 |
|
Bagerhat |
Mollarhat |
Madhumoti Baor |
130 |
|
Sarankhola |
Rayanda Khal |
52 |
|
|
Meherpur |
Meherpur sadar |
Patapoka Beal |
95.8 |
|
Patuakhali |
Dashmina |
Alipur Khal |
100 |
|
Pirojpur |
Nazirpur |
Balessor River |
240 |
|
Kaliganga River |
10 |
||
|
Barisal |
Mehendiganj |
Arial Kha River |
575 |
|
Bhola |
Bhola sadar |
Ilisha River |
350 |
|
Madaripur |
Madaripur sadar |
Peetambar Sen B Block Baddha Jalmahal |
830 |
|
Total-08 |
09 |
10 |
2497.8 |
A total of 2,395 men and women groups were formed. Among them 1,985 are men and 410 are women. The project runs with the following objectives:
• Development of unused haor-baor, dead rivers, beel and silted water bodies for fisheries habitat restoration
• Development of fisheries resources management by means of sustainable technology and establishment of the rights of the real fishermen according to their partnership in fish culture activities.
• To create the natural propagation of fishes and to preserve fisheries resources i. e. to establish sanctuaries for preserving the existence of fish species
