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MARGAO
With no action forthcoming from the SGPDA and the police, agitated retail fish vendors descended at the wholesale fish market on Thursday noon and physically confiscated baskets full of fish sold in retail at the market.
A group of five fish vendors from the retail fish market went to the wholesale fish market in goods carrier to confiscate the fish baskets of the fish vendors in the market selling fish in retail.
They were right on target as the retail fish vendors came across quite a number of vendors selling fish in the wholesale fish market in retail. Pouncing on the fish baskets, the retail vendors dumped the baskets and the fish in their goods carriers and returned back to the retail market.
Retail fish vendors operating in the PDA retail fish market told the media that business in the retail fish market has hit an all time low with retail fish business going on unabated right under the nose of the authorities. “We decided to crack a whip against the activity by ourselves after we found that the PDA and the police were not prepared to clamp down on the retail fish business in the wholesale fish market,” Fatima Cardozo told the media.
Fearing that the retail fish vendors will have to one day go with a begging bowl around to eke a living if the retail fish business is not stopped forthwith, many a retail fish vendor have now demanded shifting of the wholesale fish market away from the retail market.
“How are we supposed to eke a living when retail sale of fish is allowed in the wholesale fish market. The illegal activity is taking place in the wholesale fish market right under the nose of the authorities, but no action is forthcoming for reasons best known to the authorities,” remarked another retail vendor Piedade Fernandes.
