Restriction on catching hilsa to begin on Friday

Staff Reporter :
A fresh 22-day restriction on catching, selling and transportation of Hilsha will be imposed from Friday, sources said.
The government’s embargo on it will remain prohibited from October 7 to October 28 to ensure the safe spawning of the popular fish in its peak breeding period, Iftekhar Hossain, the Public Relations Officer of the fisheries and livestock ministry, said it to journalists.
He said also that Fisheries and livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim will inform in details in regards to the restriction at a press briefing on Thursday at the Secretariat.
The PRO said that the intention of the restriction on fishing is to save the mother hilsa which lays eggs during the period.
According to the ministry of fisheries and livestock, hilsa production jumped from three
lakh metric tons in 2008-09 to five lakh metric tons in 2017-18. It said also that the production of the fish closed to 5.33 lakh tons in 2019 for different measures of the government to give a boost to its output.
Data of the ministry showed that the country’s over 12.0 per cent fish production comes from hilsa, which is the highest contribution to the fish output as a single fish species.
Hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, is recognised as a certified patented product of Bangladesh.
The marine fish flies to rivers in Bangladesh to lay eggs. The fish is very popular both in Bangladesh and India. About 75 per cent of the world’s hilsa is caught in Bangladesh.
Chandpur is considered one of the largest trading hubs of hilsa in Bangladesh as the fish from the River Padma is much more popular than the ones that comes from other rivers because of its extremely pleasing taste.