date:Jul 20, 2012
ohipur area, said they had expected to net huge quantities of large size hilsa fish due to favourable weather this year but they were now frustrated.
My experience says that huge hilsa is netted if sea is very rough. During this time of last year at least 200 maunds of hilsa came to my warehouse daily but this year we are getting only 25 to 30 maunds, he added.
Abdul Mannan, president of Barguna Fishing Trawler Owners' Association, said about 300 fishing trawlers went to the Bay to catch hilsa