The main theme of the study was to determine the technical knowledge about and attitude of the farmers towards modern technology of fish culture. However, 10 selected personal traits of the farmers were also determined to explore their relationship with technical knowledge and attitude towards modern technology of fish culture. The study area was the Chandpur Sadar Thana of Southern part of Bangladesh. Data were collected from randomly selected 250 farmers of 5 Union Parishads of this Thana during September to October 1994 using personal interview schedule in face to face situation. Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) has been used to findout the correlations among the variables. Findings showed that 60% of the respondents had their low level of technical knowledge and only 21% had their high level of knowledge. Data also showed that a little over two-thirds (70%) of the respondents had a favourable attitude towards modern fisheries and only 24% possessed unfavourable attitude. The 'r' values indicate that the 6 variables were significantly related to the technical knowledge of the farmers, only family size was negatively related. The education, cosmopoliteness, annual income, organizational participation and communication media use were positively related. On the other hand, repondents' education, cosmopoliteness, communication media use and fisheries problem confrontation were positively and only family members engaged in fisheries and fatalism were negatively correlated with their attitude towards modern technology of fish culture.