The exhibition is demonstrating life-size animal models, games, captivating photographs and fascinating facts in attractive displays on almost 12 species of Dolphins and Whales and 70 species of Sharks and Shapla fish.
It is also showing various researches on the fish, including their numbers, location, condition, structure and how to protect them.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) organised the first-of-its-kind interactive exhibition aiming to exhibit marine wildlife in the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh's efforts to conserve wildlife.
Based on WCS discoveries, the Bangladesh government declared an area of 1,738 km of priority marine habitat in the Swatch-of-no-Ground (SoNG) surrounding coastal waters as the country's first Marine Protected Area (MPA). The WCS proposes that the government declare two more MPAs -- St. Martin's Island MPA and Nijhum Island MPA -- aiming to support sustainable fisheries and protect threatened ocean giants.
"Almost 3.5 thousand people visited the exhibition in the first two days. We’re expecting six-seven thousand people at the end of the programme," said WCS programme assistant Nadim Parvez.
While visiting the exhibition, Nur E Jannat Sushmita said, "It is a very good initiative. This type of programme should be organised more in our country. I have learnt many new things from the exhibition. I think Nadi Bachao Andolan and Wildlife Conservation Society should work jointly as both of them are working on the same field."
Organisers said visitors can explore the amazing diversity of dolphins, whales, sharks and other aquatic creatures in Bangladesh's marine waters as well as why the survival of these threatened oceanic lives in the Bay of Bengal is critical for the continued growth and well-being of our nation.
The exhibition will be open for all from 11 am to 8 pm every day until November 5.