A Diminishing Commons: Bangladesh’s Open Water Fisheries, the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Bangladesh is one of the world’s most fish-abundant nations by geography and one of the most paradoxical by outcome. The country’s vast network of rivers, beels, haors, baors, and floodplains constitutes an inland fishery of extraordinary ecological richness, while its 710-kilometre coastline opens onto a Bay of Bengal estimated to harbour more than 740 aquatic…
