Sucker fish banned as it poses threat to water species in Bangladesh
Frozen Whole Catfish
Bangladesh
Published Jan 26, 2023
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The government has finally banned suckermouth catfish, locally known as sucker fish, as it poses threat to species in the open water.The fisheries and livestock ministry issued the final gazette notification on January 11 banning import, culture, sale, supply and conservation of the fish, a handout said on Wednesday.Earlier on September 25, 2022, the ministry issued a gazette to amend section 18 of the Protection and Conservation of Fish Act-1950 to ban the malicious aquarium fish species.The latest amendment included sucker fish along with African magur and red piranha in the list of ban.In the gazette, the ministry asked for complaints and advice from people over the issue within two months.As no advice and complaints were found, the government took the final decision of amending the act.According to the sub-section 2 of section 18 in the act, nobody will be eligible to import, export, cultivate, breed, transport, sell, market and conserve suckerfish from now.Fisheries ...
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