Monowara Begum's Colleagues at Department of Fisheries
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Bangladesh
Department of Fisheries
Monowara Begum's Company Details
Department of Fisheries, Bangladesh (DoF) was first established in the undivided Bengal of the British India in 1908. In 1910 the DoF was abolished through merging with the Department of Agriculture. Again as per recommendation of Mr. T. South Well the DoF became an independent organization in 1917. The DoF was abolished again in 1923. After long gap following the recommendation of Dr. M. Ramswami Naidu the DoF was revived in May 1942. Since the inception of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) the DoF has had been running with mandates of maximising fish producation,Poverty alleviation through employment generation,etc. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 the Central Fisheries Department of the then Pakistan was merged with the DoF of Bangladesh in April 1975. Later on in 1984 Central Marine Fisheries Dept. was merged with the DoF as a Marine Fisheries wing.