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Gill nets banned but abundant

by Tanjil Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 25, 2023At least 300 factories continue to make these deadly fishing traps in Munshiganj due to lax monitoring and lenient punishmentAlthough a ban enforced by the government is in place for gill nets, locally known as current nets, to save fish species including hilsa from overfishing, the production and use of the nets have been continuing unabated. Experts said the absence of a sustained effort from different…