Adequate stocks of fish

Shirley WIJESINGHE

Adequate stocks of fish would be made available to all regional centres of Ceylon Fisheries Corporation(CFC) during the festive seasons.

The CFC has made arrangements to dispatch adequate stocks to meet the demand of customers at the regional level.

Commenting on the scarcity of fish in the market during this season due to the prevailing bad weather conditions , a CFC official said the corporation has engaged a mobile fleet to meet demand in predominant Christian areas.

A kilogram of seer fish, tuna, mullet, paraw and prawns( big) will be sold at Rs. 790, 220, 320, 300 and 620 respectively through all regional stalls and mobile stalls of the CFC during the festive season. Large stocks are available at the Modara CFC main stores for wholesale dealers' the official said. "However prices of prawns , crabs , lobsters are fairly high due to the demand by tourists, especially during the Christmas and New year season, the official added.