Fishing activity at Frazergunj Fishing Harbour

Frazerganj is a thriving fishing harbour where colourful boats in red, orange and yellow dock for repair and rest. Approximately 3 hours drive from Kolkata, Frazerganj is one of the most beautiful beaches in eastern India. <br /><br />Popularly known for its whitish silver sand, this is a beautiful and pristine beach with lots of tranquility and harmony in its atmosphere. Not much exploited, it is still spotless and holds the charms of an unspoilt arena of joy and exquisiteness. Located at one end of Sunderbans, this beach was actually discovered by then Lt-Governor of Bengal Andrew Frazer, who also built a bungalow at Narayanitala, now rechristened as 'Frazerganj' after its founder.<br /><br />Apart from being known for its exquisite beauty, Frazerganj Beach is also known for being the seasonal choice of umpteen exotic and migratory birds. The place is also a major center of Pisciculture in the country. In a radius of 5 km from Frazerganj, there are so many other beautiful places, like Bakkhali, Windmills, Jambudeep and temple of Banabibi that you will not be bored here at all.<br /><br /><br />(BENFISH) the West Bengal State Fishermen's Cooperative Federation Ltd. was established and registered under the West Bengal Cooperative Acts & Rules in the year 1978 as the Apex body of the Fishermen's Cooperatives in the State bearing its registered No.15(Cal)/78 having its membership of 7 nos. with paid up share capital of Rs.51,000.00 with the objectives of augmenting fish production by introducing scientific method of pisciculture and for upliftment of the socio-economic condition of the poor fishermen by introducing modern crafts & gears. It is a state level fishermen's cooperative being managed by a Board of directors. Sri Kiranmay Nanda,, Minister-in-charge of Fisheries Department, Govt. of West Bengal. Is it's Chairman. By dint of their efficient management, it has been possible to increase the fish production as well as to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor fishermen to a considerable extent. By this time, Benfish has provided employment of 121 nos. regular staff, 115 nos. contract service staff, 18 sales girls and 10 deputed Officers, Besides these, Benfish has been able to create employment opportunities to 9500 fishermen as the catchers of marine sector and 15,000 fishermen as commission agents for marketing of the catches and other fish products.<br /><br />source - http://www.bharatonline.com/we....st-bengal/travel/kol http://benfish.org/about.html<br /><br />This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.