The government has banned hilsa fishing, transportation, trading, stocking and excreting across the country from October 12 to November 2 in order to ensure safe breeding of hilsa during the main breeding season.
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Advocate Sh. Rezaul Karim announced the decision on Wednesday afternoon in the meeting of the National Task Force Committee regarding Hilsa Resource Development.
He said that this decision has been taken with the aim of safe breeding of hilsa during the main breeding season.
Every year before and after the full moon of Ashwin, the real Samtha of hilsa eggs is the same.
The government has banned the fishing of hilsa for 22 days every year, taking into account this, the Hilsa flocks from the sea to the Meghna river.
Ma Hilsha Raksha has been conducted in a coordinated initiative of the operation of the joint initiative of the district and upazila administration, local fisheries department, police, RAB, Coast Guard, Ansar and Village Defense Force.
