Bangladesh Navy has seized a large quantity of illegal fishing nets and unlawfully caught fish worth Tk 99.21 crore during the 58-day fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal.
A media release sent from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this on Thursday.
The ban on catching of fish in the Bay ended at midnight on Wednesday.
58-day fishing ban in the Bay to end at midnight
The government had imposed ban on all types of fishing in the country's marine waters for 58 days from April 15.