Fishermen, factories settle fish price row

From The Citizen Daily, Dar es Salaam
By Melard Karoza

Following the consensus, the fish price has now shot up from Sh2,500 to Sh4,200 per kilogramme.

Mwanza. A dispute over fish price between fishermen and fish processing factories has eventually been settled after the latter agreed to increase the price by 85 per cent.
Following the consensus, the fish price has now shot up from Sh2,500 to Sh4,200 per kilogramme.

Mr Daudi Kisila, the executive chairman of Kitila Fish Frozen Small industry, one of eleven firms operating fish storage facilities in the Lake Zone, told The Citizen yesterday that the introduction of better storage facilities enables fishermen to store their catches for a long time while searching for better markets locally and in other areas of the Great Lakes region, especially in DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.

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