FisheriesMinister Mohammad Aminur Rashid says sanctuaries are being set up in haors, baors, rivers and even the sea to protect native fish breeding grounds. At a BFRI workshop he urged scientists to bring back lost species.
FisheriesThe national hilsa task force decided that the Mother Hilsa Conservation Drive 2026 will run from 8 to 29 October, with catching, transporting, storing and selling hilsa banned across the country.
On the sidelines of an FAO event in Rome, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Italy's agriculture undersecretary Luigi D'Eramo discussed an MoU covering aquaculture, livestock, marine fisheries and the blue economy; the minister said fish and livestock farmers will b
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
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock and ICCCAD have signed an MoU to build climate capacity in the sector and to pursue Green Climate Fund and other international financing.
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.
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.
A progress report sent to the Prime Minister's Office on 16 August says most of the 35 actions in the first 180-day programme were fully delivered, from cancelling leases under the 'nets to the fisher, water to the fisher' policy to 100 salt- and drought-tolerant fish farms and insurance for 3,600 a
FisheriesA draft amendment to the fish conservation rules, published by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on 25 March 2025, would ban fishing in the haors of seven districts from 29 May to 28 June every year; objections were invited within 60 days.
