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Coimbatore wholesale fish market clocks ₹6 crore sales in a day

Coimbatore wholesale fish market clocks ₹6 crore sales in a day

Business is usually brisk at weekends and on Saturday, more than 80 containers of marine fish arrived at the market.

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Sales of sea fish were brisk at the wholesale fish market in the Ukkadam lorry yard area of Coimbatore on Saturday, with business touching ₹6 crore in a single day, according to a market representative.

The wholesale market has 47 shops and receives tonnes of marine fish daily from Rameswaram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Chennai and coastal areas of Kerala.

Apart from marine fish, freshwater fish from Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, along with farm-raised varieties such as murrel, are also brought here for sale.

Business is usually brisk at weekends and on Saturday, more than 80 containers of marine fish arrived at the market.

Seer fish was sold at ₹1,000 a kg, pomfret at ₹600, paarai at ₹450, oozhi at ₹350, milk shark at ₹500, mackerel at ₹200, sardines at ₹200, anchovies at ₹250, barramundi at ₹500 and vilameen at ₹600. Crabs were sold at ₹400 a kg.

Farm-raised murrel was priced between ₹400 and ₹500 a kg, while freshwater varieties such as rohu, catla and tilapia were sold at ₹150 a kg.

Wholesale sales take place from 3 a.m. to noon every day. More than 200 small-scale vendors buy between 30 kg and 70 kg of fish each and sell them door-to-door on two-wheelers. Hotels, lodges and messes also purchase fish in bulk.

On an average, the market sells 15 to 25 tonnes of marine fish a day. The volume of arrivals can go up to 50 tonnes on Saturdays and Sundays.

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