Sarowar's Fish Farm

About

Sarowar's Fish Farm lies at the foot of the hills next to Thandachhari Park in Ward 1, South Pahartali, Chattogram city. Sarowar Alam went to Dubai in 2009, where a job and then a restaurant business did not work out, and he came home the next year. In late 2010, with Tk 5 lakh from his father Anu Company, he started commercial fish farming in the pits of an abandoned brick kiln at Thandachhari; he made about Tk 1 lakh profit the first year and about Tk 10 lakh the next, and kept adding ponds on nearby unused land. He now has 14 ponds on 15 acres, farming pangas, shing, koi, bata and carp. Twenty-one people work on the farm, on salaries of Tk 9,000 to Tk 22,000. According to Prothom Alo (September 2022) he sells more than Tk 1.5 crore of fish a year. He has trained in raising more fish in less space and plans to add more ponds. New entrepreneurs often visit the farm for advice; one young man, Akkasul Islam, set up his own fish farm on Sarowar's advice.

Products and services

• Pangas

• Shing (stinging catfish)

• Koi (climbing perch)

• Bata

• Carp

Address and hours

To learn or to work here

• Gives advice

• Visitors welcome