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KOLKATA: The ceaseless spike in fuel prices isn’t just burning holes in pockets – it has also stalled the engine of hilsa growth in the Bay of Bengal. As fishermen skimp on fuel and cast fine nets in shallow waters along the coastline instead of venturing deep into the sea, more juvenile hilsa are getting caught than the full-grown ones that are prized for their taste.
While hilsa fish live in saline waters, they migrate to rivers to lay eggs before returning to the sea. Shoals of young hilsa making their way back to the sea are now getting caught in the fine nets laid close to the shoreline. Catching hilsa under 500gm was banned in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar nearly three decades ago to protect the fast depleting fish population. Bangladesh has been successful in enforcing the ban and reviving the hilsa population in its waters, but India and Myanmar have had moderate success.
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