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Closed season

A period when fishing is banned, often timed to spawning; India bans mechanised sea fishing for 61 days each monsoon.

Also: fishing ban, monsoon fishing ban

Closed seasons protect fish while they breed and give young fish time to grow. India has a uniform 61-day ban on mechanised and motorised fishing in its seas: from 15 April to 14 June on the east coast and from 1 June to 31 July on the west coast, covering the main breeding season and the roughest monsoon weather. Traditional non-motorised craft may usually still fish. Bangladesh bans hilsa fishing for about three weeks around the October spawning peak and protects young hilsa, called jatka, for months.

See also

Spawning Fishing quota Small-scale fishing

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