USAID-funded ECOFISH-II activity distributed dried small fish among the fishing households who become unemployed due to the ongoing 65-days marine fishing ban as announced by the government. Delwar Hossen, senior fisheries officer of Teknaf, inaugurated the fish distribution at Notun Pallanpara of Teknaf upazila on Sunday (June 27) noon. Among others, Sazeed Mehrab, Research Assistant of ECOFISH-II activities of WorldFish Bangladesh were present at the occasion. These dried marine small fish were provided through the USAID-funded ECOFISH-II activity jointly implemented by the Department of Fisheries and WorldFish Bangladesh. 2,750 fisher families of Cox’s Bazar and Bhola received the dried fish, which are safely produced under the project’s supervision. Prof Abdul Wahab, team leader of the ECOFISH -II project, said, “1 kg of dried fish which is equivalent to 4-5 raw fish, has been given to 2,750 fisher families to address the nutritional needs of the fishing households during this long ban period”. Besides this, 250 kg pelagic small fish power prepared by the Noakhali Science and Technology (NSTU), an implementation partner of ECOFISH-II, will also be distributed among the 250 fishers’ families, he added.