A mobile court has fined eight fishermen for catching hilsa fish or Ilish in the Meghna River at Charfashan Upazila in Bhola on the third day of a government ban. Fisheries Department officials ...

One of the rare examples of both mismanagement and restoration of fisheries using an economic-incentive mechanism is Bangladesh’s most important single-species fishery: hilsa. In 2004, a scheme was ...

At local fish markets, including Biponibag, the scene isn't any better. Fish prices have also soared, with hilsa becoming increasingly unaffordable. Medium-sized shrimp are now going for Tk 1,000 per ...