Fish traders across the district shut shop on Monday to protest against the delay in constituting the Cauvery Management Board. Fifty wholesale fish traders at the market in Lorry Pettai and as many retailers at the market on Perur Bypass Road closed down their shops, said H.S. Bawa, president, Coimbatore Mavatta Meen Vyabarigal Sangam (Coimbatore District Fish Traders’ Association). Likewise, retailers from across the district who bought from the wholesale traders also closed down their shops. And, that included the fishmongers who sold fish on bicycles and push carts. In all, around 5,000 persons who were involved in the trade did not do business, he said. The protest was to urge the Central Government to constitute the board without any further delay and ensure that the Cauvery Delta district farmers’, who were dependent on Cauvery, for agriculture, got the assured quantity of water.