Kuakata-fish-market

A 22 day ban on hilsa fishing will begin tomorrow. On Wednesday (October 7), the day before the ban, hilsa trading became busy in the final hours. After evening, the Kuakata municipal fish market became crowded with buyers and sellers. Fishermen arrived at the market with fish caught from the sea while buyers purchased hilsa according to their needs before the ban began. A visit to the Kuakata municipal fish market after Wednesday evening found that the number of people at the market had...

A large hilsa fish weighing 2 kilograms and 100 grams was caught in the Bay of Bengal near Kuakata coast in Patuakhali. Now, Hilsha is selling in the open market at Tk 1,30,000 per maund (approximately 37.32 kg), and that the 2-kg fish has fetched Tk 6,825.The fish was caught on Saturday morning in the net of fisherman Kader Miah, onboard a fishing trawler named "Jolotaranga." It was later brought to the Messrs Anisha Enterprise fish landing center at Alipur, where it was purchased through...