See All Key Ideas It may look like a nondescript silvery fish, but hilsa, or Tenualosa ilisha, accounts for an eighth of Bangladesh’s total fish catch, and more than 1% of the country’s ...

Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) - a kind of Indian herring - used to be abundant in the waters along the Bay of Bengal. It was Myanmar's most exported fish caught in the wild, but that is no longer the ...

Hilsa or Ilish or Tenualosa ilisha is possibly the most popular fish from Bengal. Related to the Herring family, the fish is not only consumed in the Indian subcontinent, but also extensively consumed ...

Bangladesh’s all-important hilsa fishery is declining amid pressures from human-driven factors and climate change, experts and authorities warn. The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12 ...

The scientific name of Pulasa is Hilsa ilisha. The fish swims against the current of the flood waters in Godavari from Bay of Bengal. During the journey, the fish becomes bigger in size and gains ...

“The question of goodwill is separate from this.” Bangladesh is the leading producer of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha), a kind of species of fish related to the herring, abundant in the Bay of ...

One of the most preferred fish varieties in Bangladesh, Padma Ilish fish is called Tenualosa Ilisha. This Hilsa is widely found in Bangladesh from the Bay of Bengal to our rivers. During Jamai ...

The passion for the bony fish (Tenualosa ilisha) in West Bengal has increased ... had to leave what was then East Pakistan, where the best hilsa (from the Padma river) is still found, and cross ...

The hilsa is a staple of the diet in Myanmar and Bangladesh Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) - a kind of Indian herring - used to be abundant in the waters along the Bay of Bengal. It was Myanmar's most ...