Raipur Fish Hatchery and Training Centre

Front of the hatchery

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]

  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. ^ Impact of NRDP, In the Wake of a Flagship, Udenrigsministeriet, Retrieved: 2008-07-30
  3. ^ Legal regulatory and institutional framework for fisheries and fishing community development and management, Report of the National Workshop on Fisheries Resources Development and Management in Bangladesh, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Retrieved: 2008-07-30
  4. ^ Raju, Nazmul Ahsan (2012). "Raipur Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. ^ "Country case studies" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2008-07-30.