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But now Jatka has died for eight months and sea fishing has stopped for 75 days.
To protect the Hilsa mother, the government marked the breeding season and banned the hunting, extraction, marketing, sale, and transportation of Hilsa for 22 days starting on October 14.
After the 22-day ban, Fisheries and Animal Resources Minister Sham Rezaul Karim told bdnews24.com on Wednesday night: We expect an unprecedented hilsa production this season. “
However, for the desired production of hilsa, fisheries officials are now emphasizing the successful completion of the program to stop the capture of jatka at the sanctuaries.
Masud Ara Mummy, Deputy Director of Hilsa Management Branch, Fisheries Department, told bdnews24.com: “We have successfully completed a 22-day program to protect the Hilsa mother. Hopefully, we can succeed in the Jatka Hilsa hunting, harvesting, trading, selling and transporting ban program in Hilsa sanctuaries. Only then will it be possible to say how much thread will be produced ”.
When asked about the 22-day operation, he said 118 mobile courts have been established across the country this year. A total of 639 operations have been carried out.
In these 22 days, 8,196 metric tons of hilsa and 33,732 lakh meters of ordinary nets were seized.
In addition, 241 cases, fines of 3.5 lakh Tk and imprisonment of 160 people have been imposed on different terms.
Ten years ago, in the financial year 2008-09, the amount of hilsa produced domestically was 2.98 lakh metric tons. Hilsa’s production increases continuously after several steps.
In the country, 3 lakh 6 thousand metric tons of hilsa were caught in the financial year 2014-15, in 2018-19 it has increased to 5 lakh 33 thousand metric tons.
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