Bangladesh, Oct. 28 -- Fishermen and traders have formed a human chain demanding an end to illegal fishing by wooden body trawling in the Bay of Bengal.

The human chain was held in front of the Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday under the banner of district trawler owners and fishermen's families.

General Secretary of the Baga Fishermen's Association, Ibrahim Amani, fishermen Akkas Ali, Saidul Molla, Nazrul Islam, Asharef Molla, and others spoke in the human chain.

Fishermen claim that the wooden trawling vessels that harvest fish in the Bay of Bengal do not have any permits. They fish illegally. Due to the use of very small nets, all the small and big fish in the sea get caught in those nets.

They kill the remaining fis...