ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a brief introduction to Bangladeshi legislative and policy frameworks for marine fisheries, before analysing the relevant laws and policies to understand how and to what extent the key features of EBFM they have incorporated. It does so under five broad headings: reliance on an unconditional MSY concept, absence of the principle of precaution, human and ecosystem wellbeing not incorporated, non-application of adaptive management and lack of coordination and cooperation. The chapter reveals that the legislative and policy frameworks for marine fisheries management in Bangladesh are inadequate to ensure conservation and management of marine fisheries. The chapter recommends that the key features of EBFM be incorporated into the Bangladesh’s marine fisheries regime to address the inadequacies of the legal and policy framework.
