Fishermen have appealed to apex fisheries cooperative Matsyafed to intervene to ensure remunerative price for fish even as a new fishing season kicked off this week at the end of the 52-day trawling ban.
The fisheries cooperative must step in to ensure fair price for fish during the monsoon season, said leaders of independent fishermen’s union Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation here.
Jackson Pollayil, president of the federation, said the onus was on Matsyafed to intervene to ensure price stability. The Kerala State Cooperative Federation for Fisheries Development was established with the aim of helping fishermen get a steady price and ensuring that their economic conditions improved.
