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Our Correspondent, Netrakona

Netrakona District Administration has launched a special operation in the downstream areas of the district to stop catching of fish-fries from the open waterbodies there recently.

A mobile team of law-enforcing agencies headed by Magistrate Nazrul Islam conducted two-day-long operation against fish fry catchers in different haors of Khaliajuri upazila under Netrakona district. Police and local sources said, the haors inclded Bowali, Maghan, Gobindasree and Ranicapur. During the operation, the mobile team of law-enforcers rounded up 17 fishermen on charge of catching fish-fries from the open water-bodies violating the government restriction on fish-fry catching.

The mobile team also seized many banned nylon-thread made fishing nets popularly known as "current-nets" worth about Taka eight lakh from the possession of the arrested fishermen. Later, the seized current nets were burnt to ashes at Khaliajury upazila parishad office premises in presence of the on-duty Magistrate and Upazila Nirbahi Officer of the Khaliajuri upazila, the sources said.