Chittagong Fishing Harbour
Chittagong fishing harbour best reflects the hurly burly of marine fisheries in Bangladesh – teeming with boats, fishermen and fish, with fish traders, vendors and labourers. Boats are setting out to sea or landing, buyers and sellers are haggling over the latest bonanza from the seas. Decibel levels are high as fish is unloaded, bargains are demanded and struck, and the fish moves out to markets in lorries, hand carts or cycle rickshaws.
The Chittagong fishing harbor, one of the biggest fish landing and berthing facilities in Bangladesh, includes the Patharghata Fishery Ghat and Monoharkhali BFDC (Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation) Ghat. Patharghata Fishery Ghat, a traditional landing site, handles more than 90 percent of the total fish landed in Chittagong. This Ghat has four fish landing points. While one point is operated by the Chittagong City Corporation, the other three are leased by the Chittagong Port Authority to private parties. The boats berth according to their convenience and pay Taka 200 per arrival and 2 percent of their total sale to the Point Authority. The Ghat Authority provides water, electricity and ensures security.
The adjacent Monoharkhali BFDC Ghat was established in the early nineties and has one landing point. Few boats land their catch at this ghat due to siltation problem. BFDC handles the catch at this site and the revenue earned from the commission accrues to the Government.
Some 46 percent of the 900 000 marine fishers of Bangladesh make their living from Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. The country’s industrial fishery operates entirely out of Chittagong – you see industrial trawlers, gill netters, set bag netters, long lines and trammel nets.

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