Seasonal fish drying seeing bright prospect in Netrakona
Fishermen demand govt soft loans to thrive
A farmer drying up fish in Barhatta upazila of Netrakona. Photo: Collected
Hundreds of families in Netrakona haor areas have been drying fishes in traditional way and there is a bright prospect of this produce if this business is supported and properly monitored by the government, said the fishermen.
It is an ancestral profession for many families for survival and this business is profitable one as the demand of dry fishes,especially of country varieties is ever increasing, said Md Mujibur Rahman, upazila fisheries officer in Khaliajury of Netrakona.