22 kg Pangas in the Net Delights Anando
Fisherman Anando Haldar's net caught a 22 kg pangas near the Daulatdia ferry ghat, which a fish wholesaler bought for Tk 33,000.
Fisherman Anando Haldar's net caught a 22 kg pangas near the Daulatdia ferry ghat, which a fish wholesaler bought for Tk 33,000.
Hilsa exports to India resumed through Benapole on 27 October after a 22-day ban, with 33 tonnes shipped in four days.
A 23 kg baghair caught in the Brahmaputra at Jatrapur in Kurigram was cut up and sold retail for Tk 24,200.
The mrigal, a native bottom-dwelling carp, can yield one lakh eggs from a mature one-kilogram fish, a senior fisheries officer says.
Days after the 22-day hilsa ban ended, fishers in Bhola are netting shoals of roe-laden mother hilsa and say the ban was badly timed.
Fisherman Shanta Hawladar's net caught a 34 kg baghair in the Padma at Charbhadrasan in Faridpur.
Researchers expect hilsa output from the Meghna in Chandpur to exceed last year's after mother hilsa spawned safely during the breeding-season ban.
Hilsa are turning up in nine upazilas of Kurigram and Gaibandha, though they have vanished from the Teesta in Rangpur, where river flow has declined.
Along with hilsa, river pangas have suddenly arrived in large numbers at Barishal markets, which officials credit to year-round conservation measures.
Buyers and sellers in Barishal say most large hilsa on sale after the ban carry roe, though officials say it will not hurt production.
Hilsa arrivals at Barishal's Port Road landing centre dropped sharply a day after the post-ban glut, pushing up prices.
The commerce ministry has given approved exporters until 5 November to ship hilsa to India after the breeding ban stopped exports.
Fishers and traders in Barishal are surprised by large pangas catches after the hilsa ban, as researchers warn trap fishing still kills millions of fry.