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HILSHA-CATCHING-PROHIBITION
Ban on Hilsha catching begins Oct 07
GAIBANDHA, OCT 5, 2018 (BSS) – Like other 36 districts of the country
Hilsha catching, selling, transporting, hoarding and marketing will be
prohibited in the district to protect mother Hilsha for ensuring safe
breeding.
District fisheries officer (DFO) Abdud Dayan said the government imposed
22-day ban in this regard will effect from October 07 to October 28.
The government is implementing the “Hilsa Protection Campaign-2018” as
the objective of the restriction to save mother hilsa during the peak
breeding period.
A mother Hilsha give birth up to 50 lakh hilsa fry, he said. period.
In the fiscal year 2008-2009, hilsa production was 2.98 tonnes while it
stood to 4.96 tonnes during the fiscal year 2016-2017, he commented.
To create much awareness among the fishermen, the fish traders, and the
consumers a motivational meeting organized by district administration and the
department of fisheries was held at the conference room of District
Collectorate Building here on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gautam Chandra Pal addressed the meeting as the
chief guest and said the government has implemented various coordinated
programmes for increasing Hilsha fish production.
If anyone catches, sells, transports and hoards the Hilsha fish
violating the recently imposed restriction the offenders will be will jailed
for one or two years and fined highest Tk. 5,000, the DC added.
The punishment will be doubled for committing the same crime for the
second time, the DC further added.
The DC also sought whole hearted cooperation of all to make the
programme a success in the district.
Assistant director of the fisheries department Barun Chandra Biswas,
senior Sadar upazila fisheries officer Sanjoy Banerjee, fisheries survey
officer Golam Mohammad Zilanee and members of district task force committee
including journalists attended the meeting.
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