With the start of the season of Sutki fish (dried) thousands of fishermen have spanned out across the Bay of Bengal around the Sundarbans forest with boats and nets to catch fish. Workers and traders are already buzzing about Dublar Char, known as the Sutki Palli or Dried Fish Village after the authorities issued permits to fishermen to catch fish, bring them on Dublar Char and process them into dried fish, a delicacy in Bangladesh. Similar hectic activities are also being reported from 13 other small islands where live fish is processed into dried one. Starting from November 1 the season will last until March 31. Read Also: Sundarbans fishermen remain a neglected lot Dublarchar in the Sundarbans, a mangrove, is known as ‘Shutki Polli’ as every year, fishermen and people related to dried fish business throng in the area for catching fish and processing. There are fishermen who make the catch and sell it to the dried fish traders. The traders employ workers, many of them allegedly underage, to process the fish into Sutki and supply it to the markets mainly in Chattogram, where it is especially popular. Thousands of fishing families, workers and traders depend on this growing economic sector of Bangladesh.  Read Also: Cox’s Bazar to get dried fish-processing industry; Tk 199-cr project okayed Different kinds of fish such as Loitta (bombay duck), Churi (knief fish) shrimp, pomfret, poa  will be dried up and make ready for the market. As many as 15,000 fishermen and traders (mohajon)  gather at Dublarchar, Meher Ali char, Alorkol, Office Killa, Majherkilla, Shelar Char, Narikelbaria, Choto Ambaria, Boro ambaria, Manikkhali, Kabarkhali, Chaprakhali, Kokilmoni and Haldakhali chars every year. They live  in makeshift huts on the islands for the entire season.