Chandpur's deputy commissioner told the district task force that this year's mother hilsa drive will be enforced more strictly than ever, with buyers as well as sellers facing action.
Hilsa is being exported to India through Benapole at $10 a kg, well below what the same fish fetches in local wholesale markets.
A recipe for hilsa kofta curry, fried balls of hilsa paste simmered in a spiced onion-tomato gravy.
Hilsa, plentiful in the monsoon, is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals that benefit the heart, joints, eyes, skin, bones and brain.
Aquaponics, which links a fish tank with a floating vegetable tank, saves about 90 percent of water and needs no pesticide or chemical fertiliser.
Hilsa with roe, most likely from after August to October, can be spotted by a thicker belly and roe that emerges when the belly is gently pressed.
A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice asking the authorities to set the maximum price of hilsa at Tk 700 a kg and to stop exports below the domestic price.
A further 45.2 tonnes of hilsa crossed into India through Benapole, bringing two days' exports to 99.66 tonnes even as prices in local markets climbed.
Hilsa prices in Dhaka have risen by Tk 200 a kg on news of exports to India, putting the national fish beyond the reach of middle- and low-income families.
Bangladeshi hilsa arrived at West Bengal's largest wholesale fish market in Howrah before Durga Puja, but traders say prices of Rs 1,500-1,700 a kg are high.
About 54.5 metric tonnes of hilsa from ten firms crossed into India through Benapole port between noon and 8pm on 26 September.
A brief roundup of important news from around the world on 26 September 2024.
The first shipment of 7,300 kg of hilsa left for Agartala in Tripura through Akhaura land port ahead of the Durga Puja festival.
