Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 600kg of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches) from a launch in the Buriganga river in Narayanganj yesterday.
A petrol team of Coast Guard searched the launch, MV Farhan-6, during a drive in the river and seized the illegally netted jatka, said Commander of Narayanganj Pagla Coast Guard Sub Lt Hasanur Rahman.
The jatka were later distributed among the destitute.