The long wait ended on Saturday night after the brood fish (mother fish) of some indigenous species which are locally known as Rui, Katla, Mrigel and Kaliboush finally released eggs in the Halda River, also known as South Asia’s lone natural breeding ground for carp.

The quantity of spawn released on Saturday night was not as much as the local spawn collectors expected. However, the local fishermen are expecting a huge bump in fry collection as there was continuous protection measures taken to save them.

Fisherman Mahbubul Alam told Bangla Tribune that some fry collectors collected small quantity of eggs as test on Saturday as mother fishes released small amount of eggs.

He confirmed that nearly 200 fishermen out of 2200 fishermen collected the small amounts of eggs from different points of the river.

Azharul Alam, Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer also confirmed that fry collectors collected very small quantity of eggs early Saturday. He said that the administration will take measures to protect mother fishes as it can release eggs in the river Halda freely side by side cooperation to the fisherman to dig pond for protecting egg.