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Banned nets destroying aqua life at Kamalganj

Published : Sunday, 11 August, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 91
Our Correspondent
KAMALGANJ, MOULVIBAZAR, July 10: Fishes, frogs, mud eels, snakes and other water animals are getting destroyed in Kewlar Haor and beels in low areas in Kamalganj Upazila of the district due to reckless fishing by banned current nets.

This haor and different beels in the upazila have now been full of water, triggered by continuous raining and upstream tidal water. It has caused the fishing spree in these water bodies.

A campaign was conducted in Kewlar Haor on Thursday afternoon by the Department of Fisheries (DoF). During the drive, illegal current nets were seized, and later on, these were destroyed in front of Patanushar Union office.

The drive was a surprise one; it was led by DoF Upazila Fisheries Officer Md Shahidur Rahman. 

Locals said,  Kewlar Haor, Mokabeel and other marshes in Patanushar, Munsibazar, and Shamshernagar unions are now lying blanked with current nets.

There is a section of seasonal fishers who have set up hundreds of current nets in these water bodies, damaging water animals and ecology.

At the very nose of the local administration, such deadly and illegal current nets are selling at local haats and bazaars.

Social activists of Patanushar Fotikul Islam, Mozahid Ali and other locals said, for the last several years, the current-net based fishing has been taking place in the rainy season in Kewlar Haor.

If there is no role by the administration, both fisheries and biodiversity will get destroyed, they added.

Fisheries Officer Md Shahin Rashman said, "Current nets are destroying mother fishes and all water animals. Few nets were seized recently and these were destroyed."

The campaign will continue, the official maintained.



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