The Price for Ilish: Conservation of fisheries in bangladesh has become heavy-handed and militarized while poverty in fishing communities remains unmitigated

Uddin, Md Kutub (2022) The Price for Ilish: Conservation of fisheries in bangladesh has become heavy-handed and militarized while poverty in fishing communities remains unmitigated. Samudra Report (88). pp. 47-50.

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Abstract

Early on the night of March 16, 2021, police opened fire on a small fishing boat and killed a young fisher named Mohammad Masud in the Meghna River. The shots were fired in the river north of Chandpur, the town famous for its well-known trading centre of ilish (hilsa), Bangladesh’s most prized fish. It was reported that Masud, 24, went fishing with some others during a seasonal ban imposed by the government to protect juvenile fish. The police said they opened fire in self-defence after the fishers threw brick chips and attacked the police wit sticks. When a journalist visited the deceased Masud’s house, his family did not have even a “handful of rice” to feed themselves.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1323
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Small-scale Fisheries, Bangladesh, Poverty, Fishing Communities, Hilsa, Conservation, Fish Stock, MPA, Artisanal Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Access Rights, Labour
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Bharti Vijaya
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2023 08:01
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2023 08:01
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19646

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