| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted on fish market, marketing channel and seasonal price variation
of fishes in Dinajpur Sadar upazila. Data were collected from three fish markets
(Bahadur Bazar, Rail Bazaar and Farm hut) during the period from July 2014 to June
2015. A survey questionnaire was developed, pre-tested and finally used for collection of
data. A total of 55 fish retailers and 20 aratdars were interviewed for obtaining pertinent
data. In Farm hut aratdar was absent. Four types of marketing channel were identified in
the study area. These channels were (a) Fish farmer - Local paiker - Aratdar - Retailer -
consumers, (b) Fish farmer- Aratdar - Retailer- Consumer, (c) Fish farmer - retailerconsumer, and (d) Marine resources - Agent - Aratdar - Retailer - Consumer. A total of
43 fish species were found in varying level of abundance during the study period. The
highest seasonal price variation of fish was observed during summer (March to June)
season followed by winter (November to February). Retailers were bear higher
marketing cost than Aratdar. On the other hand; aratdar earned the higher net marketing
margins than retailer. During the study period, it was observed that seasonal net profit
was higher in summer season in case of large and medium fish species where as some
small fish had higher net profit in summer and other small species had higher net profit
in winter. Improvement in basic infrastructure such as, clean water supply, sanitation
facilities adequate drainage and ice facilities, price fluctuation, political rest, adequate
storage facilities, well developed transportation system are recommended by the present
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