Hilsa are scarce at sea in the peak season and diesel is up Tk 20 a litre, adding Tk 32,000 in fuel alone to a medium trawler's week-long trip; many boats sit at anchor.
The FB Nazma of Patharghata netted about 95 maunds (3.5 tonnes) of hilsa in one cast in the deep Bay of Bengal, the first haul of its size this season, fetching around Tk 3 million.
EnvironmentOn 11 May 2026 the Forest Department rescued two wounded deer from two villages of Charduani union in Patharghata, Barguna, and released them into the Sundarbans after first aid. It said it was investigating how they were hurt.
EnvironmentForest guards on patrol at Dimer Char in Kochikhali, in the Sundarbans' Sharankhola range, arrested a man the Forest Department accuses of deer poaching on 4 April 2026 and seized about 4,000 feet of mala snares; five others fled, the department said.
FisheriesIn October 2025 the fisheries department cut power to 16 ice factories in Patharghata, Barguna, to stop trawlers going to sea during the mother hilsa ban, and seized a trawler being loaded with ice.
