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Streamlining fish export
A ban on the export oi frog legs introduced in 1989 is being violated by unscrupulous traders in a way’that simply defies all business ethics and practices. A report carried yesterday by this Jour nal gives tn detail the dishonest arid illegal practices resorted to by businessmen putting at risk the country's reputation as a genuine and dependable supplier of fish products, shrimp tn particular. Taking advantage of the extremely low price of frog legs due to the ban. a section of the businessmen is collecting the item in violation of the country's law for export Devoid of any ethical sense, these traders have been smuggling out frog legs in shrimp cartoons by re-routing them through third countries. Quite ingenuous!
Another worryirw fact is that these fake traders are managing all the requisite documents—mostly forged — at different points of the export route for exporting undergrade and underweight con signments to stay In the business with a definite edge over the genuine exporters of the items, according to a source at the Bangladesh Frozen Food Exporters Association (BFFEA) The implications of all these developments are too dreadful to imagine By compromising the business ethics and quality of the exportable, these traders are causing grievous damages to the country's position as an exporter in the world market, on the one hand, ano also to the fragile environment of the land, on the other. On both these counts, we will end up as a great loser.
First the serious threat to our position as an exporter tn the international market. Evidently, it is a clear case of cheating. When we need more than anyone else to establish our credibility as an exporter, it is indeed sad to leave enough scope for the bad businessmen to enjoy a field day. Once the credibility is lost tn the international market, our fish products are fated to rot. Private entrepreneurship or not. no business can permanently thrive on cheating, contravening of business ethics and practices. Today's International market is very touchy on such subjects and even a single slip can prove awfully damaging. The Cher-nobtl accident and its consequent impacts on the dairy products in Europe may be a necessary guide to the possible outcome.
Then the indiscriminate catching of frogs poses a serious threat to our ecology. The reason why the export of frog legs was banned is still very much valid and it will continue to be as long as frogs are caught from natural habitats. The need for maintaining a certain number of frogs in fields and wilderness has been seen as an established factor. That a frog eats as much insects dally as can be equal to its body weight makes a strong case for preserving them In their natural settings. Frogs are however as much an exportable item as they ever were. If they are so. they need some investment In Une with pisciculture, chicken farming etc.
This points to the fact that not everything on the fish front has been well taken care of. The need for a poUcy covering the breeding to final stage of export is strongly felt. When the investment is sound, all the processes involved in the earning from fish export have also to be streamlined to cope with the challenge. Ill-gotten profits prompt manipulation of the business practices and sucn practices thrive in the absence of a sound policy. In the context of today's environmental hazards, economic and ecological considerations should be integrated In the formulation of such policies.