Thrust on creating awareness to increase hilsa production

GAIBANDHA, Oct 26 (BSS): Speakers at a function here put emphasise on creating mass awareness to increase hilsa fish production.
They came up with the comment while addressing a mass awareness meeting to protect the mother hilsa to increase its production at the auditorium of Malibari union Parishad complex under sadarupazila in the district on Sunday.
Sadarupazila fisheries office arranged the function as part of holding various programmes to protect mother hilsa fish through creating awareness among the people particularly the fishermen.
Joint secretary of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock SM FerdousAlam addressed the function as the chief guest with union parishad chairman Ali Azam Shah Runu in the chair.
Project director of fisheries development project in Rangpur division Ataur Rahman Khan and district fisheries officer (DFO) Abdud Dayan Dulu were present as the special guests.
SM FerdousAlam said the government is determined to increasing national fish hilsa production through implementing hilsa protection campaign-2020 anyhow.
He sought cooperation of all to make the government ban on hilsa catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting to increase its production a grand success.
Earlier, senior sadarupazila fisheries officer Sanjoy Banerjee made a welcome speech and thanked all for participating in the meeting.
Later, the guests distributed rice under VGF programme to 80 fishermen who are not catching fishes in the river during the banning period.
Each of the fishermen got 20-kg of rice.
A large number of fishermen, local elite and public representatives were present on the occasion.