Brief
Information about seed fund for hilsa fishers (Bangla vesion)
Abstract
This brief provides information about the seed fund that USAID ECOFISH handed over to Director General, Department of Fisheries (DoF) to raise a total amount of Taka 3.5 crore (US$0.43 million) for the Hilsa Conservation and Development Fund (HCDF). The fund will remain in a fixed deposit and only the interest will be used following a guidelines approved by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock for the benefit of fishers and fisheries management. The fund will remain as a legacy of ECOFISH-BD project that may be followed by other projects