Fishing of all types of fish, including hilsa, will start after the ban in the Meghna River sanctuary area of Lakshmipur to protect the reproduction of mother hilsa fish. The Fishermen stopped harvesting hilsa in the river for 22 days during the campaign of the district and upazila task force (from October 4 to October 25).
The 22-day ban in the 100-kilometer Meghna River sanctuary area of Lakshmipur will end at midnight on Saturday (October 25). That is why fishermen are preparing to harvest fish in the river. Lakhs of fishermen from Lakshmipur will go down to the river to harvest fish in the Meghna River from Ramgati in Lakshmipur to Shatankal area in Chandpur on Saturday midnight. Most of the fishermen in Lakshmipur have successfully implemented the ban imposed by the government to protect mother hilsa. The district task force claims that maximum efforts were continued to protect mother hilsa this year.
The District Fisheries Office said that during the operation, unscrupulous fishermen were arrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and fines. In addition, during the operation, current nets were seized and burned, and the seized boats were sold at auction, and the recovered hilsa fish were distributed among the poor and orphans.
Most people in the coastal area of the Meghna River in Lakshmipur earn their living by fishing and farming. Most of the fishermen use gillnets to catch hilsa and other fish. But a class of unscrupulous fishermen were arrested and charged with various terms of imprisonment for killing mother hilsa by violating the ban. After being unemployed for 22 days, the fishermen are preparing to catch fish by repairing their boats and nets.
When visiting the Majuchoudhuri Hat Ghat area in Lakshmipur, it was seen that the fishermen were busy repairing nets and boats.
Fishermen Anwar Majhi and Zahir Hawlader said, we accept the campaign that the government is launching to protect mother hilsa. However, some unscrupulous fishermen go down to the river and catch the fish. That is why we do not get fish after going down to the river after the campaign. We have to borrow money to repair new nets and boats and go down to the river. If we do not get fish after going down to the river, we are in a very bad situation. And the amount of food aid given by the government during the ban period does not help anything.
The current market situation, the prices of goods are very high, and it is impossible for us to meet the education expenses of our children. The ban that the government has given to increase the production of hilsa has been implemented to a large extent successfully this time. Due to the strict stance of the administration and law enforcement agencies, no fisherman has been able to go down to the river.
We have invested lakhs of taka. Let's see how much hilsa is found after the campaign. Laxmipur District Fisheries Officer Aminul Islam said, hilsa is a marine fish. It rushes to fresh water at this time to lay eggs. The 22-day ban that the government has given to protect the national resource hilsa, the district and upazila task force has implemented it successfully in every possible way.
During the campaign, 25 kg of rice was provided to each person as food assistance to the fishermen. As the mother hilsa conservation campaign was successful in the joint campaign of the district administration, police administration, coast guard and district task force, hilsa production will increase this year, making hilsa within the purchasing power of the general public.
Incidentally, according to the information of the District Fisheries Office, there are 55 thousand registered fishermen in Lakshmipur district. Of these, 44 thousand are card-holding fishermen. However, there are about one lakh private fishermen in the district.
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