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Welcome to MFID Dear
Sir/ Madam,
Heartily welcome to
Myanmar Fisheries Industry Directory.
This is our first attempt to present you
all about information of Myanmar
fisheries up to date in brief form due
to some limitations.
This website contains two components.
First component is exclusively of
information on policy, department and
organizations concerned. Second
component comprises other related
matters assured to be you have to know.
Geography
- Bordered with People’s Republic
of China (2192 km), Lao People’s
Democratic Republic (224 km),
Kingdom of Thailand (2096 km),
Bangladesh (256 km) and India (1331
km).
- Total area - 261,228 square
miles
677,000 square kilometers
- Coastal length - 1760 miles
2832 kilometers'
- 135 nationals races
- Main ethnic groups -Kachin,
Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon,
Rakhine and Shan.
- Total population - 54 million in
2005 (estimated)
- Growth rate - 1.184%
- Fish per capita consumption -
36kg/yr (2006)
- Major economic sectors -
Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
- Total fishery workers - >2
million
Seasons
- Rainy season - Tropical monsoon,
Mid May to Sept
- Winter season - Mid Sept to Mid
Jan
- Summer season - Mid Jan To Mid
May
Religion
- Buddhism 89 %
- Christian 4 %
(Baptist 3% R.C 1%)
- Muslim 4 %
- Animist belief 1 %
- Other 2 %
Language
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