Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock

Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute - BFRI is an autonomous research organization and linked up administratively with the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL), Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh. The overall research, training and management activities of the Institute are carried out in close cooperation and linkages with various national and international organizations/agencies. The Institute also keeps close contact with public extension organizations, different NGOs working in the country, for dissemination of technologies and obtaining feed-back from them.

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) was established in 1984 by a Presidential Ordinance. Mandates of the Institute are to: identify livestock and poultry production constraints at the national and farm level, solve those problems through multi and inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional research and to develop technologies to help food and nutrition security for the increasing population, poverty alleviation, employment opportunities, income generation and control of environmental pollution.

Department of Fisheries is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. There is administrative set-up at national, division, district and Upazila levels headed by Deputy Director, District Fisheries Officer and Upazila Fisheries Officer respectively. Besides these, there are 3 fish inspection and quality control stations, Marine Fisheries Station, Fisheries Training Centres, Farms and Hatcheries.

Official Website of Department of Livestock Services under Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock of Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.

Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock (Fisheries Ministry), Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. The main functions of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock are to preserve fisheries resources, fulfill the requirement of animal protein through proper management and planned development, increase socio-economic conditions of fishermen, create employment opportunities for rural unemployed and landless people, expand foreign exchange earnings by exporting fish and fishery products and to innovate new technologies through research for fisheries development and preservation.