The election is being considered very significant on the forthcoming visit of United States Food and Drugs Association (USFDA) to Bangladesh, BFFEA sources said.

This year seven xosts including the president of the executive committee are to be elected from Chittagong region while the rest eight including the secretary general are to be chosen from Khulna region.

However, six persons excluding the president have already been elected uncontested in Chittagong region.

In Khulna region, vice-president and joint-secretary have been elected uncontested and the election to the other six posts will be held now.

Golam Mostafa of Coastal Seafoods and Amin Ullah of Minhar Fisheries are vying for the president post from Chittagong.

Nazir Ahmad of Sirajul Islam Chowdhury Trawlers Limited, Maqsudur Rahman of Mahee Fish Processing Limited, Md Golam Kibria of Aqua Foods Limited, Golam Kibria Sarker of Frozen Foods, Abul Monsoor Rubel of Kuliyarchar Group, Mostafa Arif Chowdhury of Amir Fish Firms and Industries Ltd and Anwarul Haq of Sepid Seeze are in the Golam Mostafa group and racing for other posts.

Contenders are emphasising on achieving the annual revenue target set by "Vision 2008".

BFFEA in a concept paper titled "Vision 2004-2008",which was submitted to the prime minister on March last year, set a target for raising the annual revenue from this sector to Tk 10,000 crore through increasing production and export by the year 2008.