Fisheries
Jashore wholesaler fined for selling Indian hilsa as local fish
The consumer rights directorate fined a wholesaler Tk5,000 at Jashore Boro Bazar for passing off imported Indian hilsa as local catch.
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Fish imports
Agribusiness
352,786 kg of Indian hilsa via Benapole in two months, some sold as 'Myanmar fish'
Twenty-two firms imported hilsa through the land port in July and August, 91.66 percent of it in August; in Jashore the foreign fish sells for about Tk 2,000 a kilo less than local hilsa, and officials want it labelled as Indian.
Agribusiness
Reverse flow: 500 tonnes of Gujarat hilsa sent to Bangladesh, 200 more due from Howrah
Roe-laden hilsa landed at Bharuch is going to Bangladesh as a trial run, says Howrah Fish Importers' Association secretary Syed Anwar Maksud, whose association is meanwhile lobbying Dhaka for Padma hilsa before the Pujas.
Fisheries
Why native freshwater fish have vanished from Dhaka's markets: half to 60 percent is imported or farmed, open water down 34.5 percent in 40 years, 64 species at risk
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