Dhaka, Aug. 26 -- The words "Kangali (destitute) for fish, Bengali for rice" are now just proverbs. Once upon a time, there were plenty of indigenous fish species in the country's rivers, canals, and lakes. But now those fish are not seen very often.
Many indigenous fish species have disappeared in the last few decades. In 9 upazilas of the southwestern coastal region, including Morelganj and Sharankhola in Bagerhat, known as the fish market on the coast of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, fifty species of indigenous fish have almost disappeared.
There are no more ponds full of fish. Due to climate change, natural disasters, ignorance, free saltwater farming of Bagda shrimp, excessive use of harmful pesticides and ch...
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