A mobile court of Chattogram district administration in a drive seized 3,000 meters of current nets and a boat from Noyahat point of Ghordhoura area of Halda River on Friday morning.
The mobile court was led by Executive Magistrate and Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shahidul Alam in cooperation with police, fisheries officials and members of the Integrated Development Foundation (IDF).
The illegal fishing net was seized in a seven-hour-long drive beginning at 8 pm last night. The mobile court also seized a fishing boat for catching mother fish defying government order.
UNO Shahidul Alam said that the authority will conduct regular drive to protect the only natural fish breeding ground for carp in Bangladesh, the mother fish of Bangabandhu Fisheries Heritage Halda River, its dolphins and biodiversity.
“I request everyone to cooperate with the team by giving proper information”, he added.
The net was installed in the river hoisted on bamboo poles, he said.