A 22-day government ban on catching, selling and transporting hilsa will come into effect from Saturday midnight to save mother hilsa during the peak breeding season. The Department of Fisheries ...

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A parliamentary panel has asked the government to extend the tenure of annual ban on Hilsha catch for 22 days from existing 15 days to help better natural breeding of the fish.

Large-sized hilsa have almost disappeared from markets across the southern region, with traders reporting that most of the catch now weighs between 200 and 400 grammes. These smaller hilsa are being ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 24 (ANI): Days after the Bangladesh Government permitted traders to sell nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of Hilsa fish to India, the imports are likely to fall due ...