Ban on hilsa fishing begins today midnight

A 22-day government ban on catching, selling and transporting Hilsha will come into effect from today midnight (Saturday) to save mother hilsa during the peak breeding season in the Padma and Meghna rivers.

Shariatpur Additional District Fishery Officer Md Hadiuzzaman said the ban would continue 22 days till November 03.

The government is providing VGF food assistance to fishermen who will refrain from catching hilsa during the period.

The government has allocated 500 metric tons of rice under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) program for distribution to 25000 fisherman families in the district for their food assistance.

The distribution of rice will be conducted among the recipients through the concerned Union Parishad chairman. Each of the listed fisherman families will get 25 kg of rice under the VGF program.

Hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, is recognised as a certified patented product of Bangladesh. The marine fish flies to rivers in Bangladesh to lay eggs.