Fisheries
How to Remove Hilsa Bones at Home
With a little patience and the right technique, the fine bones of hilsa can be removed at home, either from raw fish or after a brief steaming.
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Fisheries
Fisheries
Hilsa catch down 30pc as the season ends, a third straight year of decline
The Department of Fisheries estimates the July-August catch fell 30 to 40 per cent year on year; a 22-day fishing ban runs from 8 to 29 October.
Agribusiness
India surprises by exporting hilsa to Bangladesh, with more to come
In a reversal of the usual trade, about 500 tonnes of hilsa have gone from India to Bangladesh through Petrapole land port in two months, and Indian traders say another 150 to 200 tonnes may follow.
Health
Puffer fish meal kills Satkhira shopkeeper, three of his family in hospital
Azharul Islam, 37, ate the fish despite neighbours' warnings, saying 'nothing will happen'; his mother and two children fell ill too. A hospital official says the fish carries a powerful natural toxin.
Fisheries
A 15-kilo wild pangas from the Meghna fetches Tk 20,100 at Monpura auction
The fish went for about Tk 1,340 a kilo including VAT and is bound for Jatrabari in Dhaka; the fisheries officer says river-caught pangas of this size is rare and commands far more than farmed fish.
Fisheries
Hilsa drops Tk 700-800 a kilo in a week in Moulvibazar, still out of reach for many
A one-kilogram hilsa that cost about Tk 2,800 a week ago now sells for Tk 2,000, but with supply short even in peak season, shoppers say the price needs to fall much further.
Fisheries
Banned 'China duari' trap nets are sold openly on Facebook, YouTube and in shops
Nets of 25 to 102 cubits are advertised at Tk 1,100–3,200 and delivered by courier; the Department of Fisheries cites staff shortages and keeps no count of how many raids it has run.
Fisheries
22-day hilsa fishing ban to begin on 8 October
Catching hilsa will be banned across Bangladesh for 22 days from 8 to 29 October to protect the fish in its main breeding season, the national hilsa task force has decided.
Fisheries
Hilsa fishing, storage and sale banned for 22 days from 8 to 29 October
The national task force on hilsa fixed the breeding-season ban on Tuesday; fishermen who stay ashore will get VGF food aid, and surveillance in Barishal, Chandpur and Bhola and the removal of illegal nets will be stepped up.
Agribusiness
Why tonnes of hilsa are being imported into Bangladesh from India
In two months 19 importers brought more than 350 tonnes of hilsa worth about Tk 7 crore from India through Benapole, most of it from Gujarat, as Bangladesh's own hilsa production keeps falling.
Fisheries
One trawler's Tk 26 lakh hilsa haul stands out in a dismal Cox's Bazar season
FV Kulsuma sold 2,200 hilsa for Tk 2.64 million after five empty days at sea; 4,000 of the district's 6,000 trawlers are idle and hilsa landings have collapsed.
Fisheries
Indian traders ship hilsa into Bangladesh — and ask for Padma hilsa back
Roe-heavy hilsa from Gujarat is moving into Bangladesh while the Fish Importers' Association of India seeks permission to buy Padma-Meghna hilsa before Durga Puja.
Fisheries
Five and a half months on, nine fishermen are still held in Myanmar
Sixteen fishermen were detained by the Myanmar army after their trawler lost its way in a storm in March; nine of them, from Lakshmipur, have yet to come home.