Fishermen in Sarawak, Malaysia, are still on the losing side despite the recent price hike of wet goods, especially fish in the market, lamented Sarawak Fishing Vessel Association secretary Harry Tan.
The 38-year-old said that the price hike of goods in the market was inevitable due to the increase in price of other raw materials.
“Trawls and other tools all went up in price — for example, (the price) of iron tools went up by 40 per cent while trawls and rope increase by up to 30 per cent due to the sharp increase in transportation costs,” he said when asked by The Borneo Post to comment on how pricey wet goods in the market were currently.
Tan said however, fishermen could only watch from afar as the pricey fish are being sold in the market as they are not part of the groups that can benefit from it (price hike).
He said that fishermen cannot control the price of fish being sold in the market as it is not their call to set the price.
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Fishermen on ‘losing side’ despite recent price hike of goods, laments association