The tide phenomenon, including heavy rains that hit several states including Kedah, is now believed to cause a shortage of wet goods in the market, thereby contributing to rising prices.
Kuala Kedah Fishermen's Association chairman Abdul Hamid Bahari said the prices of wet items including fish and octopus experienced a sharp rise in prices due to lack of supplies.
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| Fishermen boat that can not get to the sea. |
"The number of fishermen who go down to the sea is uncertain due to the frequent rainy weather and turbulent seas. There are times between 50 to 60 percent of fishermen down to the sea but when bad weather is only 20 percent, the fishermen are down for fear of their safety.
"When the number of fishermen dropped slightly then the catch is also reduced and therefore there are some items that go up in price, such as flatfish sold between RM12 to RM15 per kilogram while previously it can be bought for RM5 per kilogram," he said when contacted by Bernama today.
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| Rainy season catches. |
Abdul Hamid said the situation also caused fishermen's income in the Kuala Kedah area to be slightly affected and hoped that weather conditions would be normalized to allow fishermen to descend to the sea to get results.
"While fishermen who are down to the sea during bad weather like this do not have any accidents, we are still worried about their safety so we hope the weather will be fine so we can get fish," he said. - BERNAMA
