Raipur Fish Hatchery and Training Centre explained

Raipur Fish Hatchery and Training Centre is a fish hatchery in Raipur Upazila, Lakshmipur District, Bangladesh. One of the six main fish hatcheries in Bangladesh,^[1] it was the largest hatchery in the district during the Noakhali Rural Development Project implemented during 1978-1992 by DANIDA, a Danish development agency.^[2] One of the three Principal Scientific Officers (PSO) of the Department of Fisheries of Bangladesh governments is assigned to Raipur Hatchery. It also is one of three training centers directly governed by the Director General of the Department, along with Fisheries Training Institute (Chandpur) and Fisheries Training Academy in (Dhaka).^[3]

The Raipur Upazila has 8 fish farms, 14 dairy farms, 72 poultry farms and this one hatchery.^[4] As of 2004, the government-owned hatchery was able to produce 504 kilograms of hatchlings a year, which mostly consisted of endemic species like Catla catla (katla), Labeo rohita (rui), Cirrhinus cirrhosus (mrigal), Labeo calbasu (kalabaus), Clarias batrachus (magur), and Channa striata (shingi).^[5]

History

In 1979, mirror carps (Cyprinus carpio var. specularis) from Nepal were first introduced to Bangladesh for the World Bank financed Raipur Fish Hatchery.^[6] In 1982, the Raipur Hatchery started artificial spawning in Bangladesh.^[7] In 2001, the Greater Noakhali Aquaculture Extension Component (GNAEC), a sub-program of DANIDA's Agricultural Sector Program in Bangladesh, shifted from the hatchery development strategy of hatched at the Raipur Hatchery. GNAEC abandoned "backyard hatcheries" and "village type prawn hatcheries" models for large-scale private sector development^{[8] [9]}

External links

• Raipur Fishery Map

23.0263°N 90.7687°W

Notes and References

1. The hatchery was developed by funding from the World Bank as the Fishery Development Program for Chandpur, Muhuri, and Karnifuli Irrigation and Flood Control Areas. Snell Environmental Group of Lansing Michigan, United States was contracted for the project. The Hatchery was designed by William Bailey, consultant, who became the project advisor until the project was completed. Site selection and design began in 1977, Construction began in 1978 and was completed in 1981. Operation and training of Bangladesh Department of Fisheries staff began in 1979, before completion, under the guidance of Darrell Deppert of SEG.A.Q. Chowdhury was the Project director for the Department of Fisheries throughout the development.Potentials and opportunities, Analysis of the constraints to and potentials and opportunities for expanded fish production in Bangladesh, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Retrieved: 2008-07-30
2. https://archive.today/20070715171107/http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/Danida/English/Evaluations/WakeFlagship/09_2.asp Impact of NRDP
3. http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5625e/x5625e0e.htm Legal regulatory and institutional framework for fisheries and fishing community development and management
4. Book: Raju, Nazmul Ahsan . 2012 . Raipur Upazila . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Raipur_Upazila . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
5. Web site: Country case studies . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) . 2008-07-30.
6. F. Rajts, T. Huntington & M. G. Hussain, Carp Brood Stock Management and Genetic Improvement Programme under Fourth Fisheries Project, Department for International Development (DFID), 2002, Retrieved: 2008-07-30
7. Monirul Qader Mirza & Neil J. Ericksen, Impact of water control projects on fisheries resources in Bangladesh, Centre for Environmental and Resource Studies (CEARS), University of Waikato, 2005, Retrieved: 2008-07-30
8. http://www.gnaec.org/activities2.htm Activity and Progress
9. http://www.gnaec.org/activities3.htm Shifts in component focus