120kg jatka seized in Ctg

A mobile court of the Chittagong District Administration fined three fishermen Tk 13,000 and seized 120Kg of Jatka (hilsa fry) in Kalirchar area of Sandwip channel in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday.

The court also seized the boat owned by one of the trio, Abdus Sattar. Two others are his assistants.

The Department of Fisheries and Bangladesh Cost Guard (east zone) assisted the drive.

Mentionable, the government imposed a ban on catching, selling and transporting hilsa in the coastal areas from September 25 to October 9.