Barisal Correspondent :
Six fishermen fined and 15 mounds Jatka (hilsa fry) recovered in Barisal on Tuesday for violating eight months restriction against netting Jatka. Sub Inspector Nazrul Islam, in charge of Barisal river-port police post, said fishery officials with the help of law enforcers operating a driver on Kalabadar River near Laharhut on early Tuesday detained a trawler carrying Jatka at about 3:00 am. Fifteen mounds Jatka were recovered and six fishermen also detained from the carrying trawler. The detained six fishermen were Babul Haoladar, Md. Bashir, Md. Miraz of Barisal Sadar upazila and Md. Babul, Maksudur Rahman, Tarikul Islam of Daulatkha upazila of Bhola.Later they were handed over with the recovered Jatka to a mobile court formed in this connection on Tuesday morning, he added.
Bimal Chandra Das, officer (Hilsa) of fishery directorate Barisal office, said the mobile court was formed in this connection and Sitesh Chandra Haldar, magistrate of the court, fined the detained fishermen total Tk.25 thousand.
Later the recovered Jatka sent to local orphanages, the fishery official told.
A eight months country-wide ban from November 1 to June 30 on catching, transportation and marketing ‘Jatka'(hilsa fry less than 10 inch or 26 centimeters in length ) to increase hilsa-resources has been started.
Bazlur Rashid, deputy director and divisional fishery officer, said that this year around 1.6 crore mother hilsa safely and naturally laid 49,000 kg of eggs and if half of the laid eggs can become embryo, 31 crores of hilsa renu (pollen) will be made and if 10 percent of the pollen survives, 4 crore Jatka (fry) could be produced.
Hilsa fries develop 2-2.5 centimeters in length per month and started move towards sea after reaching 15-17 centimeters in length and starts return journey to sweet water rivers after becomes 25-28 centimeters in length with 300-450 grams weights for laying eggs.
If only 10-20 percent of the ‘Jatka’ can get the chance to reach maturity, then around 2 lakh tonnes of hilsa worth hundreds of cores of taka could be get extra this year, said the fishery officials.
However after visiting the local markets of the city on Tuesday it was found that ‘Jatka’ is selling openly defying the 8-month ban on its netting, transportation and marketing.
The district and divisional fishery department were unable to take action against Jatka catchers and traders due to fund constraint, lack of manpower, loophole in law and other logistic support, said Wahiduzzaman, Barisal district fishery officer.
Israil Pandit, president Bangladesh Khudra Matsyajibi Samiti, said except implementing full rehabilitation plans for all fishermen, prevention of ‘Jatka’ netting could not be successful. Poverty and unemployment will push poor fishermen in the southern districts to continue catching ‘Jatka’ defying the 8-month annual ban.
Six fishermen fined and 15 mounds Jatka (hilsa fry) recovered in Barisal on Tuesday for violating eight months restriction against netting Jatka. Sub Inspector Nazrul Islam, in charge of Barisal river-port police post, said fishery officials with the help of law enforcers operating a driver on Kalabadar River near Laharhut on early Tuesday detained a trawler carrying Jatka at about 3:00 am. Fifteen mounds Jatka were recovered and six fishermen also detained from the carrying trawler. The detained six fishermen were Babul Haoladar, Md. Bashir, Md. Miraz of Barisal Sadar upazila and Md. Babul, Maksudur Rahman, Tarikul Islam of Daulatkha upazila of Bhola.Later they were handed over with the recovered Jatka to a mobile court formed in this connection on Tuesday morning, he added.
Bimal Chandra Das, officer (Hilsa) of fishery directorate Barisal office, said the mobile court was formed in this connection and Sitesh Chandra Haldar, magistrate of the court, fined the detained fishermen total Tk.25 thousand.
Later the recovered Jatka sent to local orphanages, the fishery official told.
A eight months country-wide ban from November 1 to June 30 on catching, transportation and marketing ‘Jatka'(hilsa fry less than 10 inch or 26 centimeters in length ) to increase hilsa-resources has been started.
Bazlur Rashid, deputy director and divisional fishery officer, said that this year around 1.6 crore mother hilsa safely and naturally laid 49,000 kg of eggs and if half of the laid eggs can become embryo, 31 crores of hilsa renu (pollen) will be made and if 10 percent of the pollen survives, 4 crore Jatka (fry) could be produced.
Hilsa fries develop 2-2.5 centimeters in length per month and started move towards sea after reaching 15-17 centimeters in length and starts return journey to sweet water rivers after becomes 25-28 centimeters in length with 300-450 grams weights for laying eggs.
If only 10-20 percent of the ‘Jatka’ can get the chance to reach maturity, then around 2 lakh tonnes of hilsa worth hundreds of cores of taka could be get extra this year, said the fishery officials.
However after visiting the local markets of the city on Tuesday it was found that ‘Jatka’ is selling openly defying the 8-month ban on its netting, transportation and marketing.
The district and divisional fishery department were unable to take action against Jatka catchers and traders due to fund constraint, lack of manpower, loophole in law and other logistic support, said Wahiduzzaman, Barisal district fishery officer.
Israil Pandit, president Bangladesh Khudra Matsyajibi Samiti, said except implementing full rehabilitation plans for all fishermen, prevention of ‘Jatka’ netting could not be successful. Poverty and unemployment will push poor fishermen in the southern districts to continue catching ‘Jatka’ defying the 8-month annual ban.
