CHANDPUR, Oct 26, 2023 (BSS)- A total of 41 fishermen arrested from the rivers of Padma and Meghna in separate drives along with current nets and mother Hilsha in the last 24-hour in the district for defying the government's ongoing a 22-day ban on Hilsha fishing. District Fisheries Office and Naval Police conducted the separate drives in the district. Kamruzzaman said, a total of 41 fishermen were arrested with 449-kg of mother Hilsha, 18 fishing boats and 20.20 lakh meters of banned current nets during the separate drives in the river Padma and river Meghna in the district. The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling, storing and transporting Hilsha, to ensure safe spawning of the Mother Hilsha, during its peak breeding period. The seized nets were destroyed and the seized Hilsha has been distributed to the orphanages and poor people in the area.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 26, 2023 13:38 UTC