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Five lakh hilsha fries netted everyday from Jamuna

Fish disease breaks out in Thakurgaon

From Our Correspondent
SIRAJGANJ. Mar 3: Defying the government ban. a section of unscrupulous fishermen are fishing a huge quantity of hilsha jatka. or fries, from the river Jamuna.
The fishermen are fishing in the river indiscriminately, but the members of law enforcing agencies are not taking action against them, local people said. Officials of Fisheries Department are also reluctant to take action against the lawbreakers.
Fishermen now net more than five lakh hilsha fries from the Jamuna everyday, posing threat to hilsha fish production. an unofficial estimate said.
Fishermen told this correspondent about 60 per cent of i he catches are hilsha. Most of the hilsha fries are netted at Sirajganj Ghat point in the river, fishermen said.
Fish traders in the district headquarters said they are compelled to buy fries from fishermen and sell in retail markets as acute fish crisis prevails. Supply of big size hilsha is not adequate, so we have to purchase fries from the fishermen, said Panu. a fish trader in the main fish market of the town.
Hilsha is found at Nagar-bari. Fulchhari. Sirajganj Ghat and Jagannathganj Gnat points in the river Jamuna. However, hilsha is found abundantly in the southern region of the country.
* Local people have urged the authorities concerned to take immediate measures to stop fishing of hilsha fries.
Meanwhile. UNB from Thakurgaon says: Fish disease has broken out in epidemic form in different ponds and water bodies in the district.
hi this year the intensity of the disease is more than that of last year. The ponds of Syed Na-jrnul Hossain. Jafrullah. Shafiidul Islam. Nurul Islam of village Dakshin Balina. Tasiruddin Ahmed of village Baikunihapur. Nazmul Hasan of College Para. Thakurgaon all under Thakurgaon sadar thana have been attacked with the disease.
The disease generally called ■fish cancer’ breaks out at the onset of the winter season. The general symptoms of the disease are the development of different types of ’ulcers’ on different areas of the body of the fishes. As the time passes the ulcers’ become more intense
and ultimately the fishes die.
The varieties of fishes attacked with the disease were Ruhi. Mrigel, Koi. Magur. Shingi. Shoul. Puti. Gachi, Taki and Tengra.
According to the fishery experts. the life span of the disease in a particular area Is five years. In 1993-94 the disease broke out In epidemic form in different areas here. By the time seven years have passed but the disease in yet to be cured.
The particular cause of the disease in unknown. The fishery experts termed the disease as ulcerative syndrome.' Experienced sources said indiscrim-
inate use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers, presence of excessive iron and absence of calcium and fluorine in water are the causes of the disease. The fishery department suggested to use lime in the pond and salt bath of the disease fishes as remedy for the disease.
But pisciculturists said this treatment alone cannot control the disease. They demanded some effective measures to control the disease. They also demanded that pisciculturists should be given special training and effective medicines should be supplied to combat the disease.