Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Matsyajeebi Dal (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী মৎস্যজীবী দল, lit.
'Bangladesh Nationalist Fisherman Party')[1][2][3][4] is the fisherman wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
It follows the ideology and advice of its founder, Ziaur Rahman.
[5][6] On 29 January 1979, President Ziaur Rahman formed an organisation named the 'Jatiotabadi Jele Dal'.
On 1 September 1993, the name of the organisation was changed to 'Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Matsyajeebi Dal' in the 4th national council of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the group was further changed during the 1991-1996 BNP-led government under then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.