A fisherman named Nabi Hossain caught a large hilsa weighing
2.3 kilograms in the Bay of Bengal near Kuakata in Patuakhali after a 22-day
fishing ban ended. The fish was sold for Tk 8,510 at an auction at the Kuakata
Municipal Fish Market at a rate of Tk 145,000 per maund.
The fish was brought to the wholesale market on Friday
afternoon. Local fish trader Zainal Gharami purchased it at the auction. News
of the unusually large hilsa and its price sparked curiosity among local buyers
and to...
