The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12% of the total fish catch in Bangladesh, and the fishery employs at least 2.5 million people across the country. Several government conservation ...

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 ...

Inclement weather persisted across the coastal district of Bhola on Friday, as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal brought strong winds, tidal surges and widespread rainfall.

struggling to get by as the fish they rely on for their daily income disappear from the rivers. The hilsa is a staple of the diet in Myanmar and Bangladesh Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) - a kind of ...

Tropical fish tend to be richer in micronutrients than ... bonga and hilsa shads (Ethmalosa fimbriata and Tenualosa ilisha) and dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus). However, there is a silver ...

How important is the Hilsa when it comes to fish and overall trade between the two countries? Why are Bangladesh’s imports of the fish a cause of so much angst in India? Here are three charts ...

According to the life cycle of the Tenualosa Ilisha fish belonging to Clupeidae family, the marine fish normally schools in coastal waters and ascends up the rivers for around 50-100 km to spawn ...

Indians in West Bengal may face a shortage of hilsa, their favourite fish, as millions gear up to celebrate the state's biggest festival, Durga Puja, in October. That is because Bangladesh, the ...

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 ...