Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Rahman, Shaila, and Khan, Firoz (2023) Perceptions of fisheries compensation schemes by fishing communities in Bangladesh. Report. WorldFish, Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Seventeen million people in Bangladesh depend primarily on inland and marine fisheries, comprising approximately 11% of the population and 3.5% of the national GDP (Bhowmik et al. 2021; Sultana et al. 2021). Most are small-scale fishers, who, in the context of Bangladesh, are regarded as one of the most vulnerable groups in the fishing industry (Alam et al. 2021). While inland and marine fisheries in Bangladesh provide critical support for food, poverty alleviation and livelihood security, they are also considered to be heavily overexploited, risking the persistence of these fisheries and posing a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (Billah et al. 2018; Islam et al. 2020). Of particular importance is the hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery, which comprises 12% of total fish production and 1% of Bangladesh’s GDP (Talukdar et al. 2022).

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