date:Jul 20, 2012
sold for Tk 40,000 whereas we had to spend about Tk one lakh for the trip. During this time of last year we caught 30 to 35 maunds of hilsa per trip, said Abul Kalam Azad, 45, a fisherman of Char Montaz under Galachipa upazila.
Monirul Islam, 45, a fisherman of Mohipur area under Kalapra upazila, said he did not see such crisis of hilsa in the last 25 years. Hilsa might have changed their abode in the sea due to food crisis or rise in sea level, he added.
Nimai Chandra, a hilsa wholesaler of M