Hilsa fish fry

Bangladesh produces 80% of the world’s hilsas: Fisheries Minister

Fisheries and Livestock Minister, SM Rezaul Karim, today said that Bangladesh now produces 80 percent of the world’s hilsa.

Editorial / A Hilsa fry ban on its own will not work

Every year the government slaps a ban on catching of the Hilsa fish fry to help the fish spawn properly. But for the fisher folk community living along the Padma River in Munshiganj, it is a matter of subsistence and local authorities distribute free rice during this period.

March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022

Bangladesh produces 80% of the world’s hilsas: Fisheries Minister

Fisheries and Livestock Minister, SM Rezaul Karim, today said that Bangladesh now produces 80 percent of the world’s hilsa.

October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018

A Hilsa fry ban on its own will not work

Every year the government slaps a ban on catching of the Hilsa fish fry to help the fish spawn properly. But for the fisher folk community living along the Padma River in Munshiganj, it is a matter of subsistence and local authorities distribute free rice during this period.

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