22 persons, firms receive Nat’l Fisheries Medal 2024

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UNB, Dhaka :

Twenty-two individuals and organisations have been conferred with the National Fisheries Medal-2024 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the country’s fisheries sector.

They received the medals and certificates from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the inaugural function of the National Fisheries Week 2024 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on Wednesday.
The 22 medal recipients include 15 farm owners, three fisheries officers, a teacher, an association, a project and a committee. Among the 15 farm owners, three are from Jashore district, two each from Khulna, Satkhira and Cox’s Bazar, one each from Jhenaidah, Bogura, Joypurhat, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Feni. The six gold medal recipients are: Sheikh Enamel Hasan, the proprietor of Sonali Matsya Hatchery at Jashore Sadar Upazila; Khan Md Aftabuddin of Spectra Hexa Namsai Co. Ltd at Bagherpara Upazila in Jashore; Tobibur Rahman, the proprietor of Joarder Matsya Khamar at Dumuria Upazila in Khulna; Jalal Uddin, the proprietor of Crimson Rosella Sea Food Ltd at Shyamnagar Upazila in Satkhira; Khulna District Fisheries Officer Joydeb Pal; and Barguna Hilsa Resources Development Related District Task Force Committee.

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