CHATTOGRAM, May 25, 2019 (BSS)- Some very popular species of fish which are locally known as Rui, Katla, Mrigel and Kaliboush released very small amount of eggs in the river Halda, the lone natural fish breeding sanctuary, early Saturday
This according to experts is the first such event this year as these fishes usually release eggs during March-June period of the monsoon.
After a long wait a very small quantity of eggs were releasedin the river but fisheries experts and experienced fry-collectors observed that mother fishes released small amount of eggs, which was an insignificant amount.
Fisherman Narayan Das told BSS that some fry collectors collected small quantity of eggs early Saturday as mother fishes released small amount of eggs.
He confirmed that nearly 200 fishermen out of 2200 fishermen collected the small amounts of eggs on the second day of the season.
“Manmade disaster like indiscriminate hunting of mother fishes (egg carrying fishes), river pollution and unfavorable weather condition are the major causes of little release of spawn by the major carps this year” said Prof Monjurul Kibria of Zoology Department at Chattogram University, who has been carrying out massive research works on unique character of this river and its fish spawning.
Ruhul Amin, upazila Nirbahii officer of Hathazari upazila also confirmed that fry collectors collected very small quantity of eggs early Saturday.
He said that the administration will take measures to protect mother fishes as it can release eggs in the river Halda freely side by side cooperation to the fisherman to dig pond for protecting egg.