Special drive to protect mother hilsa Oct 4-25: Farida | News

DHAKA, Sept 29, 2025 (BSS) - Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter today announced that netting of hilsa will be suspended nationwide from October 4 to 25 as part of a special drive to protect mother hilsa. She made the announcement at a press conference held at the ministry's conference room at the Secretariat. The adviser said that to ensure sustainable hilsa production and allow mother hilsa to safely spawn during the peak breeding season, a notification has been issued prohibiting the collection, transportation, storage, marketing, purchase, sale, and exchange of hilsa across the country in accordance with the Fisheries Conservation Act, 1950. She added the Fisheries Department has declared that the special mother hilsa protection drive for 2025 will...