Online Desk ; Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained 13 fishermen along with 400kg baby sharks, an endangered species, from Patharghata upazila of Barguna district on Wednesday.
The arrested persons are Abdul Khaleque Majhi, M Ibrahim, M Siddique, Bachchu, Aslam, Alamgir, Ismail, Forkan, Jahangir, Kalam, Alauddin, Bashir and Salam.
Coast guard members of Patharghata Station raided Sonatala area in the estuary of Bishkhali River around 9am and held them.
Later, they were fined Tk 30,000 and released.
Patharghata UNO and executive magistrate Sabrina Sultana said catching shark in Bangladesh is banned under the Bangladesh Wildlife Act.
