Profitability Analysis of Fish Farms in Mymensingh

Abstract

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of various factors of fish production. This study is based on primary data . Primary data is collected through the structured questionnaire. The descriptive analysis shows that a large proportion of fish farmers had formal education and finance their fish production through personal saving. The multiple regression result shows that fish output is determined by the cost of labour, feeds ,  fertilizer and pond size . The coefficient of determination R²is 0.473 which indicates that 47 .3% of the variation in the value of fish output was explained by pond size, cost of lab our, cost of fertilizer , cost of feeds .Lack  of capital, volatile market price are some major problems of fish production in Bangladesh.Government should take essential measures to solve this problems.