Ziauddin Ahmed, Zareena Begum, Md Abul Hassan, Moniruzzaman Khondeker et al.
Jessica Bogard, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Geoffrey C. Marks, Md. Abdul Wahab et al.
Fish, in Bangladesh where malnutrition remains a significant development challenge, is an irreplaceable animal-source food in the diet of millions. However, existing data on the nutrient composition of fish do not reflect the large diversity available and have focused on only a few select nutrients....
Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mahmudul Islam, Nusrat Jahan Tania, Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun et al.
Bangladesh is considered one of the most suitable regions for fisheries in the world, with the world's largest flooded wetland and the third largest aquatic biodiversity in Asia after China and India. This paper reviews the performance of fisheries in Bangladesh using data collected from the Banglad...
Nanna Roos, Md. Abdul Wahab, Chhoun Chamnan, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
Fish is important in the diets and livelihoods of many poor people suffering from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. In this article, fish intake in rural Bangladesh and Cambodia and the vitamin A, calcium, iron, and zinc contents and nutrient bioavailability of commonly consumed species are presente...
Rowena Spence, Mst. Kaniz Fatema, Martin Reichard, Khandaker Anisul Huq et al.
The present study presents the results of a survey of a wide range of water bodies in Bangladesh to identify and describe Danio rerio habitat preferences. Field‐based experiments were conducted to determine the vertical distribution of D. rerio in the water column, together with five other fish spec...
Nanna Roos, Mohammed Mafizul Islam, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
Fish play an important role in the Bangladeshi diet, constituting the main and often irreplaceable animal source food in poor rural households. Fish consumption is dominated by wild small (length 2,500 microg RE/100 g raw edible parts in mola (Amblypharyngodon mola). The study addressed the dietary ...
Torben Larsen, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Katja Kongsbak, Marianne Hansen
The present rat balance study investigated Ca availability from the whole indigenous small fish species, mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) from Bangladesh and from skimmed milk. Four groups of six young male rats each were fed ad libitum with diets containing either small fish or milk, at 100 or 160 g cr...
M. Shahadat Hossain, Nani Gopal Das, Subrata Sarker, Muhammed Rahaman
Meghna river estuary is the largest estuarine ecosystem of Bangladesh and support diverse fisheries communities compared to others. Present study was carried out to assess the fish diversity status with relation to major hydrological and meteorological parameters in both spatio-temporal scales. Fish...
Shams Forruque Ahmed, P. Senthil Kumar, Maliha Kabir, Fatema Tuz Zuhara et al.
Increasing human population, deforestation and man-made climate change are likely to exacerbate the negative effects on freshwater ecosystems and species endangerment. Consequently, the biodiversity of freshwater continues to dwindle at an alarming rate. However, this particular topic lacks sufficie...
Md. Yeamin Hossain, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed, Pedro M. Leunda, S Jasmine et al.
The present study describes the annual condition as well the length–weight (LWR) and length–length relationships (LLR) of the Asian striped catfish, Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794) (Siluriformes: Bagridae), an important fishery in the Mathabhanga River (SW Bangladesh). A total of 2438 specimens (3.60–...
John F. Craig, A.S. Halls, J.J.F. Barr, Colin W. Bean
Mohammad R. Hasan, Michael B. New
This technical paper reviews the current status of on-farm feeding and feed management in aquaculture. It contains a) ten case studies on feeding and feed management practices carried out in seven selected countries of Asia (i.e., Bangladesh, China, India, Thailand, Viet Nam) and Africa (i.e., Egypt...
Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Sabrina Jannat Mitu, Abu Faisal Ahamad et al.
Bangladesh possesses a large wetland area comprising diversified fisheries resources. Fish and fisheries are an integral part of Bangladesh and have earned its importance due to immense export and revenue potential. The objective of this study was to investigate the trend of fish production, export ...
Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Nanna Roos, Nehad Hassan
In Bangladesh, only 6% of the daily food intake is animal food of which fish accounts for 50%. Rice is the mainstay, making up 60% of the daily food intake. However, many nutrients such as vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, zinc and iodine are not found in rice and have to be obtained from other sourc...
Nasima Tanveer Chowdhury
Water management in Bangladesh is a critical issue owing to growing demand and increasing conflict between alternative uses. Demand for water is growing rapidly in agriculture mainly from irrigation for cereal production, the urban and industrial sector, fishery, inland navigation and salinity contr...