Present Status, Problems and Prospect of Biofloc Fish Farming in Chapainawabganj District

Md. Shaheb Ali, Md. Fahad Hossain, Md. Morshedul Hossain, Anamika Roy and Khaledujjaman Shanto

Abstract:

The study was conducted to know the present scenario, problems and prospect of the biofloc fish farming of Chapainawabganj district in Bangladesh. The primary data were collected during November 2020 to January 2021 through interview and well-structured questionnaire. Fifteen farmers were included in the study who were directly involved in biofloc fish farming. Most of the farmers belonged to age category 21-30 years. All of the respondents had some form of education where highest (46.70%) was in higher secondary level. Eighty percent of the farmers had less than five family members where 40% of the respondents were solely depended on biofloc fish farming. Among the respondents, 93.3% invested their own money in the biofloc fish culture. Among the respondents, 100% introduced to biofloc technology directly or indirectly by YouTube and 53.3%of them started without any training. Highest production and return per cycle was found in respondent 15 (930 Kg, 125000 Tk), on the other hand lowest production and return per cycle was found in respondent14 (60 Kg, 7000 Tk). Highest BCR was found 2.665 whereas the lowest was 0.833 and average moderate BCR was 1.766. In the study, area 46.7% farmers faced diseases like fungal disease, tail, fin rot disease, and white spot disease. In the study area, problems like lack of nearby hatchery and lack of quality fingerlings were prominent. Assurance of good quality fingerlings, need based training, development of a community based fish farming should be taken into account on a priority basis to improve and utilize biofloc fish farming technology in Chapainawabganj district.

Keywords:

Biofloc, Fish farming, Possibilities, Problems, Socio economic status

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