The Rakhine State government is working hard to improve the freshwater fish export volume to Bangladesh via the border camp in Maungtaw Township of Rakhine State, according to U Naing Win Thein, deputy director of Maungtaw District Fisheries Department. Arrangements are also being made to expand freshwater fish farming and apply modern techniques.

“We accelerate the freshwater fish farming in Maungtaw District of Rakhine State to increase foreign income. Currently, the freshwater fish is exported mostly to Bangladesh through the Maungtaw border. We have to make orders from other regions that produce freshwater fish to export, and we do not get the prices we want and the fish quality is not good for transportation,” he said. The Maungtaw District Fisheries Department provides fingerlings to fish farmers and modern techniques to increase foreign income and expand freshwater fish farming. The saltwater shrimp was mainly exported to Bangladesh via the Maungtaw border trade camp in the past, and now the demand is falling and so it arranges to improve the freshwater fish export volume for its high demand. Currently, there are over 50 acres of fish farming in Maungtaw Township and over 400 acres in Buthidaung Township, according to the data from the department.

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