A study on aquarium fish business in Jessore district, Bangladesh

Abstract

This study was conducted in Jessore district of south-western Bangladesh with a view to identifying present status of aquarium fish business for a period of six month from September 2012 to February 2013. Only three aquarium shops were recorded and all were located at the heart of Jessore city. Owners of 3 others shops were already closed their business. Only 17 varieties of ornamental fish were recorded to be sold in the surveyed shops belonging to 3 orders- Cypriniformes (52.94%), Perciformes (23.53%) and Siluriformes (23.53%). No fish was found to be sold during winter months i.e. January and February and retailers diverted to other subsidiary business this time. All species were exotic fish and brought from Katabon area of Dhaka city. The highest retail price was found for large silver shark (123.33±40.41 BDT/pair) followed by goldfish (106.67±11.54 BDT/pair) and black moor (105.00±39.05 BDT/pair). Large sucker mouth catfish made the highest profit (38.33±02.89 BDT/pair) to the retails. The study concluded with the following recommendations for the development of aquarium business- production of ornamental fish locally, inclusion of native ornamental species for selling and suitable promotional activities.

Citation: Galib SM, Imam MA, Rahman MA, Mohsin ABM, Fahad MFH and Chaki N (2013) A study on aquarium fish business in Jessore district, Bangladesh. Trends in Fisheries Research 2(3): 11-14.