Hilsa started flooding the fish markets in Bagergat and Patuakhali as the government lifted its ban on netting fish in the Bay of Bengal on July 23. As a result, the price of the fish also went down ...

“Half the season is gone. Where are the hilsa?” asked Abu Jaher, a 40-year-old fisher from Samraj in Bangladesh’s coastal district Bhola. “There was a 65-day ban on fishing,” he said. “Now it is over, ...

Hilsa catching, selling and transportation resumed on Saturday after a government ban for 22 days. A total of 600 maunds of Hilsa came to Chandpur's Bara Station Fish Ghat, the biggest Hilsa market of ...

Many fishers across Bangladesh say they still haven’t received the compensation promised by the government during a three-week ban on fishing of hilsa, the country’s most important fish. The ban ends ...

Hilsa lovers in Bengal may not have any bones to pick with the catch this season. Fishermen from South 24-Parganas have returned with over 30 tonnes of hilsa, almost double the cumulative catch in the ...