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Season Begins at Dublarchar

Using children at dry fish processing units banned

UNB, Bagerhat
The authorities have imposed a ban on engaging children in all kinds of work related to dry fish processing at Dublarchar in Shoronkhola upazila.
A circular was issued in this regard by the Forest Department in the third week of last month.
The circular also warned that tough legal actions would be taken against those found guilty of violating the ban.
Meanwhile, the fishermen and owners of several dry fish processing units are passing busy time in the seven char (shoal emerged from riverbed) areas, including Dublarchar, in the upazila.
Around 30,000 people remain engaged in the dry fish units of Dublarchar alone every season.
Sources said, in
October, fishermen build their makeshift structures along the bank of the Bay of Bengal for drying fish every year.
Later, they bring the of fishes netted from the Bay to the structures and process those as dry fish.
The dry fish processing includes various work hazardous for child health, like cutting and sorting out the fishes.
The Forest Department in the circular also imposed a ban on catching jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) from the river canals in the Sundarbans.
It also imposed restriction on using wood from Sundarbans and carrying firearms without the depart-ment's permission in Dublarchar.
Last year, the government had an income ofTk
1.19 crore as revenue from Dublarchar dry fish units.
The government has set Tk 1500 revenue per quintal of dry Rupchanda, Poa and Lakkha while Tk 500 per quintal of other dry fish species.
Sundarban East Zone DFO Mohammad Amir Hossain Chowdhury said, the dry fish season started in the second week of October in Dublarchar.
This year, 13 fishermen have obtained permission from the Forest Department.
At least 1404 fishermen sheds and 70 makeshift dry fish units have been built in Majherkella, Meherali, Alorkol, Manikkhali, Narikelbaria, Chaprakhali and Shelarchar.
Dry fish processing work will continue till February 28.