To make use of the great potentials of the country's blue economy and to protect and use marine resources, a maritime affairs ministry needs to be set up, the experts said Wednesday.
They called for united efforts and the better use of maritime resources for the economic development of the country.
The experts were addressing the online discussion "Public connectivity in achieving blue economy" – organised by Save Our Sea, a platform working for the protection of the marine environment on World Oceans Day 2022.
The day was observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world with the call to collect and develop the vast marine resources through adopting collective action.
The theme of the day this year was "Revitalisation: collective action for the ocean."
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Save Our Sea Director SM Atiqur Rahman chaired the SOS discussion.
Chittagong University oceanology department Chairman Dr Mohammad Muslem Uddin Munna, former Dhaka University zoology department chair Professor Gulshan Ara Latifa, and Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan Joint Secretary Professor Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder joined the programme as panel discussants.