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Climate change impacts have largely affected the livelihood of fishermen along the country's southern coast, deteriorating their financial conditions and forcing them to migrate to urban areas, according to a recent study.

Frequent natural calamities, especially cyclone, compelled the fishermen to reduce fishing trips, while a rise in temperature and salinity decreased fish reserves near the mainland in recent years for which they had to travel further into deep sea to find fish, it said.

The Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) conducted the study, from June 2016 to July 2017, by surveying economic and non-economic climate-induced loss of 68 fishermen in two southern upazilas -- Patharghata of Barguna and Cox's Bazar Sadar.

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Themes Climate change Food security and agriculture
Country and region Bangladesh
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