Violating the ban could result in multiple harsh punishments. Officials enforce nationwide fishing ban with severe penalties ...

Hilsa fish from the Padma River in Bangladesh is heralded as a great delicacy of supreme quality, especially in the Indian state of West Bengal. Around September and October every year, the state’s ...

Bangladesh is reviving 39 native freshwater fish species through hatchery breeding, in an effort to secure stocks of commercially important fish. A quarter of the freshwater fish found in Bangladesh ...

Hilsa is everywhere in Bangladesh. It’s on dinner tables, in markets, in poetry, in history, in culture. It is also the backbone of the country’s largest fishery, and it feeds millions. The hilsa ...

Many fishers across Bangladesh say they still haven’t received the compensation promised by the government during a three-week ban on fishing of hilsa, the country’s most important fish. The ban ends ...

Fish stocks in the Bay of Bengal have declined sharply in recent years due to overfishing, raising serious concerns about the sustainability of marine resources, according to a fisheries resource and ...

We estimate elasticities of demand for fish, categorized by their origin (inland capture, marine capture, and aquaculture), for poor and non-poor households in Bangladesh and analyze implications for ...

High levels of antibiotic resistance have been detected in Bangladesh's farmed pabda fish (Ompok pabda), according to new research published in ScienceDirect, raising concerns for the export market ...

Shimmering piles of silver fish are snapped up for exorbitant prices in India's port of Kolkata, the unlikely side effect of a diplomatic fallout after a student-led revolution in neighbouring ...

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Kathmandu hosted the Bangladesh Fish Festival 2025 on Friday, showcasing an extensive array of Bangladeshi freshwater and marine fish to a distinguished ...

A long-awaited 20% rebate on electricity bills for the fisheries and livestock sector is now at the final stage of approval, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar said yesterday (3 December).

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has highlighted food safety-related work in several countries. A food control system assessment has been started in Pakistan. The initiative ...