A kingdom of hilsha, National fish of Bangladesh(#TeamBangladesh)

[SharifImran]

Hilsa is the national fish of Bangladesh. It is a marine fish that flies to the river in Bangladesh and eastern India to lay eggs. Hilsa is very popular for Bengalis. Apart from this, the fish are also very popular in Orissa, Tripura and Assam as food for the hilsa. In Bangladesh, about 75 percent of the world’s hilsa is extracted.
In 2017, hilsa fish are recognized as geographical indicators or GI products in Bangladesh.

caption : Hilsha sculpture in Chandpur molehead.

Caption: Chandpur Hilsa Square.

Accommodation:

This is saltwater fish. Usually associated with big rivers and alluvial canals are available during monsoon. During this time the hilsha fish comes from the sea to the big river and the canal connected to the allure. Hilsa fish cannot be cultivated. Fishermen catch fish with rivers and nets with fishing boats. These fish are brought to the coastal ghats. From there it is transported to remote places in the country with ice. Every year from October 12 to November 2, 22 days of all types of hilsa are closed. It is forbidden to hold Jatka (hilsa smaller than 8 inches) for 6 months until June 5th. Hilsa fish are found in the confluence of three rivers in Chandpur district. And Chandpur district is famous for Hilsha. Every year, Bangladesh receives a lot of foreign currency by exporting hilsa fish.

Caption: Local fishermen busy catching hilsa.

Caption: Hilsa is being sold in local market.

Food Ingredients and Cooking Recipes:

Hilsa is a fat fish and hilsa contains a lot of essential fatty acids. Garnish with mustard, panta hilsa-panta rice, fried hilsa fish, dried hilsa, and popular food at the first Baisakh festival. Also popular are Vapa Hilsa, Hilsa Paturi, Curry Fried, Dopeyza and Jhol. Egg-filling is a specially cooked dish with hilsa fish and aromatic rice, also known as bhaturi or hilsa fish. It is a special cook of the monsoon. Eggless eggs and very popular dishes.

Caption: Cooked hilsa.

Caption: Fishermen not only catch hilsa fish, but also sleep on hilsa fish.

Caption: Hilsa fish after the ice.

The price of hilsa fish:

Price per kg is determined by the size of the fish.
500gm-600gm = 500tk-600tk
1kg= 1000tk-1300tk

[Designer_Biswajit]

@SharifImran

Thanks brother for writing about our national fish Hilsa. But if the quality of the picture was better then it would have been better to see. However the description is quite good.

[LyricMitra]

I just had my lunch with hilsha, one of my favourit fish. I came to know a lot about Hilsha fish after reading your post. You described it very nicely. The picture of sleeping fishermen was so funny, like it.

I have a question…

The government declared recently to stop cathing fish from 2nd October. But I am planning to go Chandpur at 11th October. Will I get Hilsha fish there during my visiting time?

Thanks a lot @SharifImran for a nice post.

[SharifImran]

Thank you @Designer_Biswajit brother for appreciate me.

[Ant_Bad_Yogi]

@SharifImran This is an interesting about hilsha. I like fish and I would love to try hilsha someday. Thank you for sharing this post with us.

[SharifImran]

Thank you @LyricMitra for your question.

I hope you actually get hilsha fish on that date.

[SharifImran]

Thank you @Ant_Bad_Yogi for your special comment.

[SunMoon]

@SharifImran অনেক সুন্দর লিখেছেন ভাই, আমি কক্সবাজার যাওয়ার সময় চাঁদপুর গিয়ে ইলিশ মাছের আড়ৎ ঘুরে এসেছি,।

আপনাকে আমাদের শরীয়তপুর জেলায় আমন্ত্রণ রইল, পদ্মার ইলিশ দিয়ে আপ্যায়ন করবো।

[Mdarifmazumder]

আমি গর্বিত, আমি ইলিশের বাড়ি চাঁদপুর জেলার একজন।

অনেক সুন্দরভাবে লিখেছেন।

ধন্যবাদ @SharifImran ভাইয়া।

[SharifImran]

আমন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ করা হলো @SunMoon ভাইয়া

[EasinRaseL]

@SharifImran Thanks for such type of post.

[SharifImran]

ধন্যবাদ @EasinRaseL ভাইয়া

[AbdullahAM]

nice post about Hilsha fish, it’s my favorite fish. your fish fry and curry looks delicious and makes me very hungry @SharifImran

[Designer_Biswajit]

যারা ইলিশ নিয়ে লেখালেখি করে দাওয়াত শুধু তারাই পায়। আর যারা সময়ের অভাবে লিখতে পারে না, তারা দাওয়াতও পায়না। এটা কি এক রকম তেলে মাথায় তেল ঢালার মতো নয়?

@SunMoon ভাই

[SharifImran]

Thank you @AbdullahAM

[SharifImran]

@Designer_Biswajit দাদা @SunMoon ভাই তো আমন্ত্রণের কথা বলে, তার এখন কোনো খবর নেই।

দাদা কালকে এক ছাত্রীর আম্মু বলতেছে তাদের নাকি একসাথে ৩০কেজি ইলিশ ক্রয় করছে,

দেখছেন তারা কত ইলিশ খাদক।

[anazizullah]

Great post @SharifImran

I’ve a wish to go to catch Hilsha (Elish) fish with those fishermen on their boat.

[SharifImran]

I also really like fishing with fishermen. @anazizullah bro Fishing is one of my favorite hobbies.

[RafsanRana]

ohhh more informativ. I’m going to write about hilsa soon. @SharifImran

[NyaiNurjanah]

Wow so many fish @SharifImran .so this can called national fish I see .

Thank you for sharing nice info