The ongoing ban on Ilish netting has brought immense suffering to the fishing communities in Khulna’s Koyra upazila. As Koyra is not designated as an Ilish breeding zone, the fishermen there have also been left out of the government’s compensation package during the ban. On the other hand, forest guards are not letting fishermen fish inside the adjacent Sundarbans areas despite endorsing fishing permits for the first quarter of October. However, officials of the Forest Department claimed that the government notification on Ilsih netting ban reached them only on October 2. The ban is only on Ilish catching, it does not include all types of fishing,” added the forest official.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 08, 2017 06:11 UTC