Report - Fishing of Jatka

Jatka Being Netted Daily

Hasan Mahmud, Chandpur, 05 September: Indiscriminate fishing of Hilsha fries (jatka) by current nets is going on from the Meghna and the Padma. About 120 tons of fries are being netted everyday from the two rivers using over 3,000 current nets. Besides Hilsha fries, other small-size fishes are also being netted from the rivers.

According to sources in Chandpur Fisheries Department, mobile courts seized about 1,000 current nets for last one month. Two major Hilsha breeding grounds have been located in the Meghna in Haimchar Upazila and in the Padma in Shaitnal in Matlab Upzila.

According to Chandpur Riverine Fisheries Institute, on average about 4,380 tons of Hilsha fries are caught from the rivers every year. They demanded immediate rigid action to stop netting jatka (fries of hilsha) from the Padma and the Meghna.