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In order to protect the country's fisheries resources, stop fishing by closing the mouth of the canal, irrigating the canal and using poison in the river with Chinese nets, charpata. Contribute to the conservation of native fish.

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The contribution of fisheries sector to the economic development of agriculture dependent Bangladesh is very important and undeniable. According to the Bangladesh Economic Survey 2021, the fisheries sector contributes 3.57 percent of the country's total GDP and more than one-fourth (26.50 percent) of the agricultural GDP. About 60 percent of the animal meat in our daily diet comes from fish. In the last three financial years (2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21), the total fish production was 43.84, 45.03 and 46.21 lakh metric tones. In the last three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21) 73171.32, 70945.39 and 76591.69 MT of fish and fish products were exported worth 4250.31, 3985.15 and 4088.96 crore respectively. Foreign currency earned. Bangladesh ranks 3rd and 5th in the world in fish production in inland open ponds and fish production in closed ponds respectively (FAO, 2020).