Impacts of brush pile fishing on fish biodiversity: A case study of the Shari-Goyain River in Bangladesh.

Brush pile (), a fish aggregating device, has been widely used in the Shari-Goyain River since 2003 to congregate fish for easier catch. is usually used during the winter season when the water depth decreases. Hence, this experiment was conducted from November 2018 to March 2019 on fishing to investigate its status and impacts on fisheries resources of the Shari-Goyain River in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh.