The fact came to light during a training workshop in the capital on "Quality Management and Value Addition in Fish and Shrimp Processing in Bangladesh".

During the workshop, the experts laid stress on devising a policy framework in this direction.

Speaking at the workshop Department of Fisheries Principal Scientific Officer Nitya Ranjan Biswas said, “Bangladesh produces 93 metric tons of waste every year. This huge amount of waste is a burden for our country. We can use only 100 tons of it.”

“We cannot use the rest. However this waste has a huge demand in the international market. A tonne of such waste costs $1,000”, he added, claiming that the wastes have a tremendous potential to bring home foreign reserves.

Fisheries and livestock ministry’s Additional Secretary Anisur Rahman, France’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Sophie Aubert, DoF Director General Syed Arif Azad and former advisor to a caretaker government Hossain Zillur Rahman were among others who also spoke at the workshop.