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Business disrupted at country’s biggest fish market
By Ifham Nizam
Yesterday’s countrywide strike badly affected business the fish market at Peliyagoda yesterday with only 10 per cent of the scheduled lorries carrying fish, crabs, prawns and cuttlefish arriving, traders said.
Traders also said that they were expecting large fish stocks during the long weekend. However, the majority of small and retail traders avoided visiting their businesses there yesterday.
Secretary of the Peliyagoda Fish Market Business Association Jayantha Cooray told journalists that the strike had affected their business.
The Peliyagoda fish market receives more than 200 truckloads of fish daily from various parts of the country, particularly from Negombo and the Eastern Province. However, yesterday, it received only about 20 truckloads.
According to Cooray, although a large number of businessmen used to come to the fish market every morning to buy fish, their attendance was very low yesterday.
Fish dealer, Hiran Rodrigo, said that the limited number of truckloads of fish had sold out fast, and many customers had returned, disappointed.