, Oct. 3 -- day ban on hilsa fishing will come into effect across the country's rivers and marine waters from Friday midnight with a view to protecting the species during its peak breeding season.

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter outlined the ban at a press conference on Monday at the ministry, while unveiling the 'Mother Hilsa Conservation Campaign 2025' and discussing the availability, harvest, prices and export situation of hilsa.

The ban covers catching, transporting, storing, marketing, buying, selling, or exchanging hilsa and other fish species in Bangladesh's marine fishing zones from 4 October to 25 October.

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To enforce the ban, the Department of Fisheri...