Farmers of Ralloi Tollem harvest a bumper catch of fresh water fish on Sunday. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
It’s the time of the year when fresh water fish lovers look forward for harvesting of fish from the village lakes and water bodies.
In fact, fish lovers kept the date with Ralloi Tollem in picturesque Curtorim village, considered the granary of Salcete as farmers harvested a bumper catch of fresh water fish on Sunday.
Variety of fish including Tigur, Pintoll, Khilapi, Katla etc was netted by the famers at the Ralloi Tollem, one of the fresh water lakes dotting Curtorim village.
A large number of fish lovers made a beeline to the Ralloi Tollem located along the Margao-Chandor road to lay their hands on a kilogram of fresh water fish.
Even though locals claimed that the rush has been somewhat moderate this time round, due to some dispute over auctioning of the fishing rights, a large number of fish lovers made it to Ralloi Tollem to lay their hands on the fresh water fish.
A local farmer Seby Baretto told the media that the farmers reported a bumper catch of fresh water fish on Sunday. He said that the farmers procure fish seeds and release them in the lake and the harvesting is taken up after the harvesting of the paddy.
A kilogram of big size fish was priced at Rs 500, while the much sought after Tigurs were priced at Rs 300 a kilogram.
