Nearly 24kg Padma Catla Sells for Almost Tk 60,000 at Daulatdia; Trader Sells Four Fish for Tk 135,560
A catla fish weighing 23kg 900 grams from the Padma River has sold for almost Tk 60,000 at Daulatdia in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari. The fish was caught on Saturday morning in the net of fisherman Gobinda Haldar from the Jafarganj area of Manikganj.
Gobinda Haldar cast a net in the Daulatdia Kushahata area of the Padma River. When he hauled the net into his boat at around 10am, he found the large catla. Brought to Daulatdia ferry terminal for sale at around 11am, the fish was weighed at 23kg 900 grams.
Local fish trader Shahjahan Sheikh bought the catla at Tk 2,450 per kilogram for a total of Tk 58,550. He later sold it to a businessman in Dhaka's Banani area at Tk 2,500 per kilogram, a Tk 50 per kilogram margin, for a total of Tk 59,750.
The same morning, a rui fish weighing 9kg 400 grams was auctioned at Rezaul Mondal's depot at the Daulatdia terminal fish market. As the highest bidder, Shahjahan Sheikh bought it at Tk 3,900 per kilogram for Tk 36,660 in total. He later sold it to an expatriate in Gazipur at Tk 4,200 per kilogram, a Tk 300 per kilogram margin, for Tk 39,480. The fish had been caught in the net of Mithu Haldar, a resident of the local No. 7 ferry terminal area.
At the same time, two chitol fish — one weighing 12kg and another 9kg — were auctioned at Halim Sardar's depot at the Daulatdia terminal fish market. Shahjahan Sheikh bought the two chitol at Tk 1,600 per kilogram for Tk 33,600 in total, and later sold them to an expatriate in the Ghatail area of Tangail at Tk 1,730 per kilogram for Tk 36,330.
Shahjahan Sheikh said that after contacting various acquaintances he sold the fish for Tk 135,560 in total. He said the fish were sent by long-distance transport on Saturday afternoon to the buyers' destinations.
Local fishermen and traders said that as the Padma's water level falls, fish of various species, large and small, are occasionally being caught in nets. Alongside local fishermen, fishermen from the Rajbari, Pabna and Manikganj areas also fish regularly in the Padma and Jamuna rivers.
