Padma is a major breeding sanctuary for hilsa. During the peak hilsa breeding season, 925,000 meters of illegal current nets were seized in joint operations in the Padma over the 22 days of the ban aimed at protecting mother hilsa. During the same period, 37 people were sentenced to imprisonment for violating the ban. Catching, transporting, storing, and selling hilsa was prohibited for 22 days from October 8 to October 29 to protect mother hilsa.
According to the Louhajanj Fisheries Office, the Louhajanj upazila administration, fisheries department, naval police, and Bangladesh Coast Guard conducted regular joint operations in the Louhajanj part of the Padma during the 22 days of the ban on hilsa harvesting. During the drives, 925,000 meters of illegal current nets and 241 kg of hilsa fish were seized from the river. At this time, a mobile court led by Louhajanj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Farjana Bobby Mitu and other executive magistrates sentenced 37 people to various terms of imprisonment for catching hilsa in violation of the ban. Regular cases were filed against 20 arrested individuals.
Louhajanj Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer Md. Rezaul Islam stated that the seized illegal current nets were burned and destroyed, and the fish were distributed among various madrasas and the destitute. The convicted individuals were sent to jail. He added that during the ban, 102.575 metric tons of VGF rice, at 25 kg per family, were distributed to 4,103 fisherman families in the district.
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