Fisheries
22-day hilsa fishing ban to begin on 8 October
Catching hilsa will be banned across Bangladesh for 22 days from 8 to 29 October to protect the fish in its main breeding season, the national hilsa task force has decided.
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Fisheries
Hilsa fishing, storage and sale banned for 22 days from 8 to 29 October
The national task force on hilsa fixed the breeding-season ban on Tuesday; fishermen who stay ashore will get VGF food aid, and surveillance in Barishal, Chandpur and Bhola and the removal of illegal nets will be stepped up.
Agribusiness
Why tonnes of hilsa are being imported into Bangladesh from India
In two months 19 importers brought more than 350 tonnes of hilsa worth about Tk 7 crore from India through Benapole, most of it from Gujarat, as Bangladesh's own hilsa production keeps falling.
Fisheries
One trawler's Tk 26 lakh hilsa haul stands out in a dismal Cox's Bazar season
FV Kulsuma sold 2,200 hilsa for Tk 2.64 million after five empty days at sea; 4,000 of the district's 6,000 trawlers are idle and hilsa landings have collapsed.
Fisheries
Indian traders ship hilsa into Bangladesh: and ask for Padma hilsa back
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.
Fisheries
Hilsa fishing, sale and storage banned nationwide for 22 days from 8 to 29 October; fishermen to get VGF rice
The national hilsa task force has fixed the 2026 mother-hilsa conservation window: no catching, transporting, storing or trading of hilsa in rivers or at sea from 8 to 29 October, joint enforcement in the breeding grounds, and food support for fishermen who stay ashore.
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
Two traders fined for keeping rotten hilsa for sale at Chandpur fish landing
The National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate fined two traders at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing Tk 6,000 for keeping rotten hilsa for sale, and two hotels Tk 4,000 for having no price lists.
Fisheries
Bangladesh imports 352 tonnes of hilsa from India in two months
Nineteen firms brought in about 70 million taka worth of hilsa through Benapole in July and August, most of it caught off Gujarat.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Prices Soar in Kolkata as Large Fish Grow Scarce
Ahead of the Puja season, demand has pushed hilsa prices up in Kolkata, where fresh fish of a kilogram or more are in short supply.
Agribusiness
Indian and Myanmar Hilsa Costing Tk 500 a kg Sold at Tk 1,400-1,800 as Padma Hilsa
Hilsa imported from India through Benapole at a landed cost of about Tk 514 a kg is being passed off as Padma hilsa for Tk 1,400-1,800 a kg, buyers complain.
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.
Agribusiness
"Tasteless" Gujarati hilsa reaches Bangladesh for the first time
For the first time, Gujarati hilsa has been imported into Bangladesh, with about 500 tonnes already sent, reversing the usual flow of hilsa from Bangladesh to India before Durga Puja.