Fishermen in Barguna have been delighted after catching huge quantities of hilsa after a 65-day ban imposed by the government ended on Saturday.
Huge hilsa netted from the Bay of Bengal and different rivers have flooded the wholesale fish market of the district.
On the first day after the ban was lifted, the fishermen of Patharghata went to rivers and the sea to catch hilsa and brought those to the market as well.
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Joy spread among the trawler owners, traders and fishermen as the fishing trawlers arrived at the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) ghat with a load of fish.
During a visit the UNB correspondent found around 20 to 25 fishing trawlers anchoring at Patharghata fish landing centre and workers picking up fish from the trawlers.
Golam Mostafa Chowdhury, president of the District Fishing Trawler Owners’ Association, said at least 25 fishing trawlers came to the ghat on the first day and the fishermen were getting good prices.
Biplab Kumar Sarkar, marketing officer of BFDC, said that a total of 11,869kg of fish, including 7,780kg of hilsa, were sold at Tk 67.56 lakh at the BFDC fish market on the first day. Out of this, the government collected revenue of Tk 84,460.
