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‘Hilsha production to cross 5.5 lakh tonnes’

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Published: 14:50, 18 June 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
‘Hilsha production to cross 5.5 lakh tonnes’

Parliament Correspondent: State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru said the production of hilsa will cross 5.50 lakh tonnes in the next five years.

The Minister said this while answering a query of ruling lawmaker Abdul Latif in the parliament session on Tuesday.

“Hilsha production is increasing gradually due to different efforts of the government. In 2017-18 fiscal year, the hilsa production stood at 5.17 lakh tonnes, up from 2.99 lakh tonnes in 2008-09. Now jatka (hilsa fry) expands to Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra and Surma from Meghna,” he said.

He said, “The plenty of jatka increased to nearly 39 percent than that of 2007-08 fiscal year. About 47.74 Mother hilsha get scope to spawn in 2017-18 fiscal year due to imposing ban to catch them for 22 days.”

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