FisheriesIn Jashore's Sharsha, where ponds produce about 29,687 tonnes of fish a year, only two of six sanctioned posts at the upazila fisheries office are filled, some vacant for 11 years, hampering farm visits, advice and training.
FisheriesAt a Department of Fisheries budget workshop, minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid called for a bigger allocation with transparency, field checks on sanctuaries, verified fishermen lists and a real plan for deep-sea tuna.
FisheriesBangladesh produced 5.119 million tonnes of fish in FY2024-25, but growth fell to 1.85 percent, the lowest in five years, as reliance on commercial farming, rising costs and degraded open waters weigh on the sector.
FisheriesThe Department of Fisheries cancelled 103 no-objection certificates for hilsa imports on 22 September, stopping imports through Benapole; 535 tonnes of the 1,739.50 tonnes allowed this fiscal year had arrived.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on Sunday served a show-cause notice on the Department of Fisheries' acting director general Dr Md Khaled Kanak for permitting hilsa imports from Gujarat without informing it; NBR data show 22 firms imported 352,786 kg through Benapole in July and August, wort
Letters of 12 October 2025 and 15 September 2026 from the Department of Fisheries asking the ministry to restrict imports of rui, katla, boal and hilsa and lift domestic output remain unactioned; 450 tonnes of hilsa have come through Benapole this fiscal year, and DG Dr Md Khaled Kanak says irregula
Department of Fisheries yearbook data put the Lower Padma hilsa catch at 622 tonnes in 2024-25, against 1,159 tonnes in 2020-21; fishermen in Daulatpur, Shibalay and Harirampur are turning to farming and rickshaws.
Releasing 250 kg of rui, catla and kalibaus fry into the National Zoo lake, State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku said freshwater fish production is rising and fish farmers will be brought under the farmer card.
The Department of Fisheries allowed hilsa imports from India at traders' request without the ministry's knowledge; after learning of it, the fisheries minister demanded an explanation and ordered that no further permission be given.
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.
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.
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.
Official catch figures from natural waters have more than doubled since 1983-84, yet wild fish are scarce at Karwan Bazar and Jatrabari; 5.97 million kg of frozen rui and katla came through Chattogram port in 2024, officials blame Farakka and dying river flows, and BFRI is breeding threatened specie
