Dead turtles
A revealing news item published in The Daily Star of February 10 stated that hundreds of dead turtles were found ashore along the coastal lines from Cox's Bazar to St Martin's Island. The report is very alarming for our ecology. We came to know that the fishermen killed the turtles entangled in their fine fishing nets indiscriminately. They did not prefer to release them. Some fishermen told that it was a very hazardous task to release the turtles into water. Actually, the ignorant fishermen are not aware of the repercussion of their insensible act. They are ruining the biodiversity and polluting the environment immensely. The experts warn of an impending environmental disaster as the aftermath of the large scale deaths of the turtles in the Bay of Bengal. The authorities should take some effective measures to motivate the illiterate fishermen, so that they stop such insensible acts.
The civil society, NGOs and local government bodies can play a pivotal role in this regard. They should make the fishermen aware of the environmental hazards created by their act.
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