Fishing nets seized
Members of the coastguard seized over 2 lakh metres of illegal fishing nets from Nesarabad and Kawkhali upazilas of the district yesterday.
The nets include current net, char gara (a kind of fishing net used for catching small size fish in the river or canal bank) and bendi net.
Upazila Fisheries Officer Debashis Basar said a team of coastguards conducted raids at different spots in the Sandha and Kaliganga rivers from early morning to 2:00pm, and recovered over 2 lakh metres of illegal fishing nets from there. The fishermen fled from the spots sensing the presence of the coastguards.
The nets worth around Tk 50 lakh were burnt at the ferry terminal area in Nesarabad.
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