Bangladesh: 22-day hilsa fishing ban begins from October 13

The ban will remain in place till November 3. Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said the decision was taken at a meeting at the Secretariat on Sunday. She said the ban is going to be imposed with an aim to protect the hilsa spawners which lay eggs during the period. She said that action will be taken against those who will violate the law during the brood hilsa conservation campaign.

It is important to mention here that, this euryhaline and anadromous fish species attains growth and maturation in the sea and migrates towards freshwater rivers during the spawning season. Hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, (Bengali name: ilish, English name: Hilsa shad or hilsa herring, and Scientific name: Tenualosa ilisha), extremely popular both in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. This important aquatic resource well known for its unique taste and always a prime choice by the fish consumers and considered as the symbol of Bengali culinary tradition. About 75 percent of the world’s hilsa is netted in the country. Some 0.57 million tonnes of Hilsa produced in Bangladesh during 2022-23 FY, making Bangladesh as the top producer of Hilsa, followed by Myanmar and India. Chandpur is one of the largest trading hubs of hilsa in Bangladesh while the fish captured from the river Padma is immensely popular due to its distinctive taste and flavour.

Source: https://www.observerbd.com/news/491368#:~:text=A%2022%2Dday%20government%20ban,in%20place%20till%20November%203.