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The government has ordered measures to be taken in this regard by banning the production and cultivation of so-called ‘Manipuri Hilsa’ fish fry that have entered Bangladesh. The Fisheries Department recently sent a letter to all district fisheries officers to protect the uniqueness of the hilsa and prevent adulteration. It is called ‘Manipuri Hilsa’ or Pengba as it is grown in the Manipuri state of India.
Recently, the Mymensingh District Fisheries Department sent a letter to the Director General of the Fisheries Department to take action on this species of fish, authorities said. In this context, the department ordered measures to be taken with respect to Manipuri Hilsa.
The letter, signed by Azizul Haque, deputy director (Fisheries) of the Fisheries Department, said that a species of fish called ‘Manipuri Hilsa’ had entered the country illegally from other countries and was being raised producing fingerlings in hatcheries. The Mymensingh District Fisheries Department has already fined a private hatchery for illegally producing fingerlings of fish through a mobile court.
The letter further stated that according to Sections 8 and 9 of the Hatchery Act 2010, live fish, pollen fingerlings and fingerlings cannot be imported without permission from the Director General or an official authorized by him. Furthermore, according to Section 9 of the Fisheries Quarantine Act 2017, no fish, fishery products, beneficial germs or packaging products can be imported into Bangladesh without an import permit.
In this situation, the district fisheries officers have been instructed to take legal action if a hatchery of fish occurs in a hatchery below this area and to take the necessary measures so that the culture of this fish does not spread in any pond or farm.
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