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

  • Official - Myanmar


Myanmar Fisheries Federation

Bayintnaung Road, Department of Fisheries Compound,
West Gyo Gone, Insein Township,
Yangon, Union of Myanmar.
Phone : +(95-1) 683652, 683653 (Ext - 501, 502, 503)
e-mail: ,
website: www.myanmarfisheriesindustry.com, www.myanmarfishes.com

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