Jatka Conservation Week ends in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, Mar 03 (BSS): Jatka Conservation Week-2018 ended in Sadar upazila of the district on Friday with a call to ensure the sustainable production of the national fish.
This year's theme of the week was "We will not catch jatka: Fishermen remain alive, Country smiles."
Marking the week, Sadar upazila administration and upazila fisheries office chalked out elaborate programmes till March 2.
The programmes included bringing out rally, holding motivational meeting to the students and awareness campaign to the fishermen living on the river bank, conducting mobile courts at hats and bazars and arrangement of ha-du-du and swimming competitions to the fishermen and distributing prizes to the winners.
On the concluding day, a discussion organised by Sadar upazila fisheries office was also held at the auditorium of Gidari union council complex with union council chairman Harun-or-Rashid Edu in the chair.