Dhaka, Sept. 5 -- State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru on Thursday asked the authorities concerned of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) to reduce the number of smaller fish in Kaptai Lake, so that food stock there can be increased.

"If there is huge number of small fish in the lake, it's not possible to increase carp fishes there," the state minister said, at a workshop on 'Better management and fisheries strategies for increasing fish population in Kaptai Lake' held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council.

He also ordered the authorities to stop illegal fishing, for which he suggested increasing the number of security checkposts along the known routes used for fish smuggling.

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