Fishermen had taken preparation to resume fishing as two-month long ban on catching, selling, transporting and hoarding of delicious hilsa fish was ended Saturday midnight.
Fishermen in different districts including Chandpur are preparing their fishing nets and trawlers to start catching hilsa in the rivers.
Chandpur correspondent reports, that netting of hilsa was restricted in five sanctuaries across the country during this period.
A festive mood was prevailing in the fishermen's area as around 52,000 fishermen were resume fishing from midnight.
Like previous years, the ban was imposed on a 70kilometer long area from Matlab Uttar Shatnol to Haimchar Charbhairabi area in Chandpur and 44,035 fishermen got government aid.
During a reality check at Ananda Bazar, Harina, Bahria, Lakshmipur in sadar upazila on Saturday, the correspondent found fishermen were taking preparation to go fishing and already they had repaired their fishing boats.
Imam Hossain Bepari, 62, a fisherman, said that the movement of hilsa had declined due to hidden chars in the river.
Golam Mehedi Hasan, an officer of the fisheries department, said that year, the production of hilsa might increase this year.
Earlier, a two-month government ban on hilsa catching, selling, hoarding and transporting began on March 1, with a view to boosting its production.
The ban covers hilsa sanctuaries in six districts — Barishal, Chandpur, Laksmipur, Bhola, Shariatpur and Patuakhali.
The sanctuaries are 100km in the Meghna River from Chandpur’s Shatnol to Laksmipur’s Char Alexander, 90km in Shahbazpur Channel in Bhola, 100km in Tentulia River in Bhola, 20km in Naria and Bhederganj upazilas in Chandpur and 82km in Hizla, Mehendiganj and Barishal sadar upazilas, Gazaria and the Meghna River.
Hilsa has the highest contribution to the country’s fish production as the single fish species.
