Jamalpur: Dr. Md. Abdur Rouf, Director General of the Fisheries Department, announced on Friday that several projects have been initiated with the goal of enhancing fish production nationwide. He highlighted that a major focus of these initiatives is to ensure quality fish output from government-run farms. According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Dr. Rouf made these remarks while serving as the chief guest at a one-day regional workshop held at the conference room of the Rural Development Academy in Melandah Upazila, Jamalpur. The Fisheries Department organized the workshop under its project titled "Increasing Fish Production and Capacity Building through Infrastructure Development of Existing Government Fish Farms (First Phase)." Special guests at the workshop included Dr. Md. Motaleb Hossain, Director, Fisheries Department, and Ripon Kumar Paul, Deputy Director, Fisheries Department. The session was presided over by Nripendra Nath Bishwas, Director of the Fisheries Department for the Mymensingh Division. ANM Ashraful Kabir, District Fisheries Officer of Jamalpur, offered the workshop's welcome address. Approximately 60 participants, including fisheries officers from the Mymensingh Division, fish cultivators, faculty members from Jamalpur Science and Technology University, and local journalists, attended the event.
