Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation
{{Short description|Bangladeshi national corporation}}
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| headquarters = Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation or BFDC,{{cite news |title=Bumper fish catches at Kaptai Lake|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66004|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=14 October 2016|date=4 December 2008}} is a national corporation that constructs fish harbours, runs cold storage, auction houses, processing centre, and transportation centre for fishes in Bangladesh and is located in Motijheel Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation: Private Company Information|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=51788153|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=14 October 2016}}{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation|url=http://www.fis.com/fis/companies/details.asp?l=e&filterby=companies&=&country_id=bd&page=1&company_id=158565|website=fis.com|accessdate=14 October 2016}}
History
From 1964 the corporation has managed the fishers of Karnafuli reservoir.{{cite web|title=Fisheries|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Fisheries|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=14 October 2016}} The corporation was established as Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation in 1973.{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation Act, 1980 (Act No. XXII of 1973).|url=http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=436|website=bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd|accessdate=14 October 2016}} It owns large portion of the sea going fishing boats and ships in Bangladesh.{{cite web|title=Fish|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Fish|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=14 October 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Charu|last2=Sharma|first2=Mukul|title=Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia|date=27 April 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136518294|pages=159|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeLfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA159|language=en}}{{cite news |title=Hilsa still remains out of reach of common people|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-245969|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=14 October 2016|date=13 August 2012}} It plays a role in the marketing and sales of fish from government owned water bodies.{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Mahfuzuddin|last2=Rab|first2=Md Abdur|title=Household Socioeconomics, Resource Use and Fish Marketing in Two Thanas of Bangladesh|year=1993|publisher=WorldFish|isbn=9789718709412|pages=159|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpuDC846omAC&q=%22Bangladesh+Fisheries+Development+Corporation%22&pg=PA43|accessdate=14 October 2016|language=en}}