Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter says 1,200 tonnes of hilsa are being exported for Durga Puja at India's repeated request, in smaller volume and at a higher price than before.
Trawlers at Patuakhali's Alipur-Mohipur landing centre are bringing in plenty of small hilsa but hardly any large fish, leaving fishermen disappointed.
Large and medium hilsa were beyond ordinary buyers' reach in Dhaka's markets on 12 September, with sellers blaming poor supply late in the season.
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A 2.5kg hilsa caught deep in the Bay of Bengal was sold at open auction at Alipur fish landing in Kalapara for Tk 8,750.
Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce informed West Bengal's Fish Importers Association on 8 September that 1,200 tonnes of hilsa may be exported to India before Durga Puja.
The government has decided to export 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India for Durga Puja at a time when record prices have put the fish out of reach of many at home.
The interim government has decided in principle to export 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India for Durga Puja at a minimum price of Tk 1,525 a kg.
Fishers in Bhola say the hilsa peak has moved to October and are calling for the mother hilsa fishing ban to be timed accordingly.
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Hilsa prices in Dhaka's markets rose by Tk 200 to 300 a kg in a week near the end of the season, and other fish also became dearer.
Traders in Chandpur are salting hilsa and boxing its roe at the end of the season, though a poor supply has cut the amount being stored.
With no hilsa from Bangladesh so far this year, West Bengal's markets are relying on a record catch from Gujarat ahead of Durga Puja.
