Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive on Thursday morning seized 12 maunds of Jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from the Dhaleshwari River in Sadar upazila.
Tipped off, a team from Coast Guard Chandpur station conducted the drive in two Dhaka-bound launches named MV Gazi and MV Shariatpur-3 in the morning and seized 12 maunds of jatka, said Munshiganj upazila fishery officer Rasheduzzaman.
The seized hilsa fry were distributed among local orphanages and madrasas.
