The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the Pilot Survey on Working Children in Dry Fish Industry in Bangladesh 2010 with the technical assistance of ILO-IPEC. This pilot study was carried out in five selected coastal districts namely Bagherhat, Borguna, Patuakhali, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar of the Bay of Bengal. The aim of the survey was to understand the mechanisms of recruitment, means of coercion which force children to work and the link between coercion and exploitation with special attention to identify the children who were most risk of becoming victims of forced labour. The overall objective of the survey was to estimate number of forced labour of children and its nature in dry fish industry. The findings of the study will help to assess the working conditions of the children aged 5 to 17 years and to make recommendations for prevention and rehabilitation of children trapped in forced or bonded labour in this sector.