600kg hilsa seized in Bay, 38 jailed
Coast Guard members today seized 600kg hilsa fish and detained 38 fishermen for fishing hilsa illegally in the Bay of Bengal.
A mobile court led by Tamim Al Yamin, executive magistrate of Chittagong district administration, sentenced them to 15-day imprisonment this afternoon.
Contacted, Tamim told The Daily Star that government has imposed ban on hilsa fishing from September 25 to October 9 to protect hilsa fish during the breeding time.
The fishermen have been jailed for illegally fishing hilsa, he added.
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