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Abstract
The fishery industry has one-fourth of the agricultural sector's contribution to the GDP. However, the fishery industry has been facing several challenges during fish trading that adversely impact Bangladesh's fish supply chain. The main objective of this research is to find the impact of technological integration on Bangladesh's fish supply chain. Additionally, this study explores the effects of technology integration on the unjustified middleman gain in Bangladesh's fish supply chain. This study uses secondary cross-sectional data to conduct estimation, i.e., descriptive and quantitative analysis (Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Regression). Regarding the estimated results, the technologyintegrated supply chain, twoG and threeG mobile connection, may have a mixed impact on the fish supply, where the twoG mobile connection may have a positive effect, and the threeG mobile connection may negatively impact the middleman gain and inland fish production in Bangladesh. However, the twoG connection may increase, and the threeG connection may reduce the presence of unjustified gain from Bangladesh's fish supply chain. By addressing these issues, this study suggests several recommendations and concludes that collaborative efforts and strategic planning can enhance the inland water fish productivity, efficiency, and sustainability, and adaptation of modern technology integrated fish supply chain may positively impact Bangladesh's fish supply chain and minimize Bangladesh's fishery industry's unwanted activities of intermediaries
Keywords: Technology integration, Bangladesh, Fish supply chain, Ordinary Least Squares, Logistic Regression.
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