FisheriesAmtali fishers net little hilsa as the 22-day spawning ban nears
Ahead of the nationwide hilsa ban from 8 October, fishers in Amtali and Taltali in Barguna say their nets come up nearly empty, and much of what they catch is small.
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Barguna
Fisheries
FruitsAt 95, a Barguna farmer runs a papaya orchard and clears Tk 2,000 a week
Rustam Ali, 95, has planted 350 local Shahi papaya trees on about one and a half acres of leased land at Amtali-Nimtali in Barguna Sadar and sells the fruit himself.
Fisheries
Scarce hilsa and dearer diesel push Patharghata trawler owners into loss
Hilsa are scarce at sea in the peak season and diesel is up Tk 20 a litre, adding Tk 32,000 in fuel alone to a medium trawler's week-long trip; many boats sit at anchor.
Fisheries
Two fishermen missing after a trawler sinks in the Bay of Bengal
The trawler FB Jannat-Junayed of Taltali, Barguna sank 25km off Kuakata; eleven of the thirteen fishermen aboard were rescued alive.
Fisheries
Barguna trawler lands 95 maunds of hilsa in a single haul, sells for Tk 3 million
The FB Nazma of Patharghata netted about 95 maunds (3.5 tonnes) of hilsa in one cast in the deep Bay of Bengal, the first haul of its size this season, fetching around Tk 3 million.
Livestock
Power cuts in Taltali: a Barguna poultry farm lost 190 chicks in one night when the brooder had no heat, with only 3 MW supplied against 5.5 MW demand
Farmer Rafiq Mia of Chhotabagi Bazar puts his loss at about Tk 13,300; sub-assistant livestock officer Sanjay Kumar Sikder says an examination of the chicks will settle the cause; the rural electricity society's Md Motahar Uddin advises farmers to keep a back-up heat source.
Environment
Timber thieves fell 900 trees in Barguna's Tengragiri and Nalbunia forests in four days
Around 900 trees were cut from the protected Tengragiri and Nalbunia forests in Taltali, Barguna, between 12 and 16 September; residents accuse Forest Department staff of shielding the loggers, and the upazila administration has formed a five-member inquiry committee.
Environment
Dead dolphins and whales keep washing up on the southern coast; small-mesh nets blamed
Kuakata beach alone received 135 dead dolphins in eight years, and 16 dolphins and four whales this year; Bangladesh holds about 85 per cent of the world's Irrawaddy dolphins, while Ganges river dolphins now survive in only 14 rivers.