Joint research team discovers why male hilsa shad fish are disappearing

A joint team of researchers from Shanghai Ocean University and Jagannath University in Bangladesh has unveiled three groundbreaking discoveries about the hilsa shad, marking a milestone in international cooperation on the study, management and conservation of Bangladesh's national fish.

The findings were led by three Bangladeshi researchers — Md Rashedur Rahman, Kishor Kumar Sarke and Anirban Sarker — all of whom earned their doctorates from the Lab of Molecular Systematics and Ecology at Shanghai Ocean University.

Their research focused on three key areas: the sex reversal, whole genome sequencing and population genomics of the fish.