& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Hilsa fish supply inadequate, prices abnormal

From Our Correspondent
RAJBARI. Sept 13 : Hilsa, the king of Ashes, has now gone beyond the purchasing capacity of the common men due to high price as the supply is short.
During rainy season, the local markets are usually flooded with hilsa fish which arc sold at a very low prices. As a result, the common people can buy and consume the Ash at great quantity.
The short supply of hilsa Ash in different areas of the district has pushed the prices very high. So, the common people are unable to purchase ft. The consumption of hilsa has become luxurious.
Sources Inform that large scale catching of undersized hilsa is mainly responsible for the low supply of the kind.
Scientific Officer. Fish Research Institute, Farldpur informed this correspondent that catching of hilsa and hilsa fry (jatka) between September and October helps decrease fish production as it is the
TTn#' Ibr bre' -iin^cf hilsa fish.
' The officer Informs that shoal of hilsa fish use to lay eggs at Sandwip, Haifa.
Manpura and C and B point of Farldpur in the Padma river and maximum number of hilsa fish fry (jatka) are found in the Meghna at Mohanpur. Chand pur. Nllkamal at Kuakata in Patuakhali. Shibsa river at Khulna and adjoining areas of Durbar Char.
It is further informed that production of hilsa fish may be doubled if the netting of hilsa fish fry by current nets is prevented during the months of March and April from Satnal (Padma) to Nllkamal.
The cross barricade by bamboos and nets also seriously hampers the hilsa fish production between November and June especially at MchendiganJ. H(jla and Muladi in Barisal and tn the tributaries of Meghna and Padma at Daulatdia and Aricha.
It Is learnt that usually the hilsa fish enter into the sweet waters from the sea during breeding time. The fish fry then starts growing up in the sweet waters The female hilsa grow faster them the male one. It Is gathered.
About 75 per cent of the total hilsa arc found In Padma. Meghna and Jamuna rivers and lh< rest 20 per cent arc avnil-
able elsewhere of the region.
The total hilsa production was 2.42 lakh ton In 1986-87 financial year. Hilsa fish meets the 30 per cent requirement of the total fish demand In our country.
A survey revealed that about 3456 tons oP hilsa fish fry (jatka) were caught during February to May In 1990. As a result, hilsa production decreased remarkably.
On the other hand, sharp fall In the water level the major rivers also hampering the breeding of hilsa.
According to Fish Research Institute, the result of hilsa cultivation in ponds Is not satisfactory. It Is informed that unnatural* breeding growth system for hilsa Is for from satisfactory.
Every year, huge quantity of hilsa are rotten for want of storage facilities.
An experiment shows that hilsa fish can be preserved for 14 months in a tin-container at 121 cc temperature with mixture of salt and soybean oil.
Hilsa Consumers and traders have urged the concerned authorities to take effective measures to increase hilsa production.