Sangsad Bhaban, Nov. 10 -- Bangladesh has set a target of raising its annual export earnings from fisheries and fish products to US$1 billion by 2030, up from around $500 million in 2026, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid told Parliament on Tuesday.

He said the Department of Fisheries has prepared a five-year action plan to implement the government's election manifesto, setting the export earnings target as part of its efforts to expand the country's fisheries sector.

In a written reply to a question of BNP MP elected from Jamalpur-3 Md Mustafizur Rahman Babul in Parliament, the minister said Bangladesh earned $504.58 million, equivalent to around Tk6,193 crore by exporting 93,530 tonnes of fish and fish products ...