Hilsa: The fish that is being loved to death - BBC News
May 10, 2017 · For decades fishermen in Myanmar have caught and sold the hilsa fish, but overfishing and poor regulation is taking a terrible toll, as the BBC's Ko Ko Aung reports.
Hilsa: The end of fish diplomacy between India and Bangladesh?
Indians in West Bengal may face a shortage of hilsa, their favourite fish, as millions gear up to celebrate the state's biggest festival, Durga Puja, in October.
Ilish - Wikipedia
The ilish (Tenualosa ilisha) (Bengali: ইলিশ, romanized: iliś), also known as the ilishi, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae.
Fishy diplomacy: What a hilsa ban reveals about India-Bangladesh ...
Oct 1, 2024 · What is hilsa, the fish at the centre of the India-Bangladesh diplomatic row? Bangladesh exports 70 percent of the world’s hilsa. But the prized catch is increasingly becoming rare and...
Saving the economically important hilsa fish comes at a cost to ...
Oct 28, 2022 · Many fishers across Bangladesh say they still haven’t received the compensation promised by the government during a three-week ban on fishing of hilsa, the country’s most important fish.
Climate change, human pressures push Bangladesh’s ‘national fish…
Jun 19, 2023 · Bangladesh’s all-important hilsa fishery is declining amid pressures from human-driven factors and climate change, experts and authorities warn. The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12 ...
Bangladesh revokes ban on hilsa export to India, allows 3000 …
The interim government of Bangladesh on Saturday revoked its ban on the export of the hilsa fish to India, with the nation's commerce ministry attributing this'to appeals by the exporters.'
Bangladesh reverses ban on export of Hilsa fish to India ahead of …
Sep 21, 2024 · The interim government of Bangladesh has announced it will allow the export of 3,000 tonnes of hilsa fish to India for Durga Puja from October 9 to 13. This decision reverses an earlier ban meant to ensure domestic supply and continues a tradition seen as a …
Bangladesh reverses Hilsa export ban; approves 3,000-tonne …
Sep 22, 2024 · Bangladesh's interim government said it would export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa fish to India on Saturday (September 21, 2024), coinciding with the upcoming Durga Puja, revising its earlier decision.
Challenges abound to conserve the popular hilsa fish - Mongabay …
Jan 17, 2023 · In India, the construction of barrages and dams on rivers has obstructed the movement of hilsa, a migrating fish. Under the Clean Ganga Mission, efforts have been made to conserve and increase the number of hilsa.