efficiency and quality. NGOs should be involved as management partners of the government for the shrimp cultivating areas. This will help reduce social tensions among various groups in the cultivating areas and ensure participation of the poor communities in all activities including decision making process. 9. Financial Support: Farmers, depot owners, small boat owners and transporters suffer from lack of capital to perform fishing activities. They have to rely on informal sources such as middlemen and traders for credit at a very high cost. Access to the formal channels of credit may be considered for these participants of the shrimp cultivation. 10. Infrastructural Development: In case of shrimp farming. | Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries A Case Study for Bangladesh Fish Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh Implications of SPS Measures and Eco-Labelling for the Export-Oriented Shrimp Sector by . Fahmida Khatun Project PR 26109 July 2004 Ekindesminisierium fur wirtschaffliche Zusammecarbeit und Entwicklung Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammcnarbctt GTZ GmbH Food and Agriculture Organization FAO of the United Nations Rome This report forms part of a wider study on Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries comprising five trade issues background papers and five country case studies. The trade issues background papers are dealing with the following topics Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary SPS Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade TBT Ethical Social Eco Certification Labelling and Guidelines The Impact of Subsidies on Trade in Fisheries Products The Impact of Dumping on Trade in Fisheries Products Fiscal Reforms and Trade in Fisheries Products The case studies cover the following countries Bangladesh Guinea India Uganda Vietnam For a synthesis of the entire study including policy recommendations see Bostock T. Greenhalgh P. and Kleih U. 2004 Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries - Synthesis Report. Chatham UK Natural Resources Institute. ISBN 0 85954 560-1. Copies of the various reports are available on the following websites id 225570 projects projects htm The study was funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ and the UK s Department for International Development DFID . The views expressed in this report are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of BMZ DFID FAO or GTZ. Fish Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh Implications of SPS Measures and Eco-Labelling for the Export-Oriented Shrimp Sector CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 6 .
