Jatka
Being Netted Daily
Mabrur Atiq, Chandpur, 05 October: Indiscriminate fishing of Hilsha fries
(jatka) by current nets is going on from the Meghna and the Padma. About 120
tons of fries are being netted everyday from the two rivers using over 3,000
current nets. Besides Hilsha fries, other small-size fishes are also being
netted from the rivers.
According
to sources in Chandpur Fisheries Department, mobile courts seized about 1,000
current nets for last one month. Two major Hilsha breeding grounds have been
located in the Meghna in Haimchar Upazila and in the Padma in Shaitnal in
Matlab Upzila.
According
to Chandpur Riverine Fisheries Institute, on average about 4,380 tons of Hilsha
fries are caught from the rivers every year. They demanded immediate rigid
action to stop netting jatka (fries of hilsha) from the Padma and the Meghna.
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