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A video clip of the fish auction in Meera Sidon was broadcast on social media, where the price of a six kilogram fish reached 820,000 Syrian pounds, with which the visitors of these sites interacted, considering that the poor citizen would be deprived one of the favorite fish eaters of many Lebanese.
The captain of the Sidon fishermen, Nazih Sunbul, confirmed that “the video circulating is correct and took place a few days ago in Sidon”, considering that “the matter is no longer surprising in terms of the high price of fish and that it is necessary to take into account several things that led to the price rise, especially the huge rise that has followed. At the price of all merchandise, including fishing equipment, the price of a piece of mesh per hundred meters was about 16 thousand pounds, but today it has risen to 80 thousand pounds, which means that its price was multiplied by five. Also, changing the fishing boat’s motor oil used to cost £ 45,000, but today it costs £ 250,000. “.
And he continued: “As for the fish that was sold in Sidon for 820 thousand pounds, it is of the type of sandy loqz, Chapter 1, and in the past a kilo of lakes was opened at auction at a price of sixty thousand pounds, and if we count six kilograms, that is, about 350 thousand pounds, today. With the rise in prices, the price of a kilo of milkfish rose, and in the end it is the auction that determines how far the price will go.
In response to a question on whether the movement was affected in Sidon, Sunbul said: “The movement has increased and there is an avalanche of people to buy fish and this is also due to several reasons: people by nature prefer to eat fish because it is the only animal product that is still 100% natural, so the price of a kilogram of meat today reaches fifty thousand pounds, and as for fish, the price of the kilo, according to its type, starts at twenty thousand forty thousand pounds For example, a kilo of ‘ghabs’ fish, which is a popular food at a price of thirty thousand pounds per kilo, after it previously sold for ten thousand pounds. “
Sonbol concluded: “We must not lose sight of something fundamental today, which is that the fish in our sea are few due to several factors, among which overfishing stands out. Therefore, the less fish, the higher its price. and vice versa. Therefore, I say preserve our marine wealth because our sea, especially a fishing sea, is diversified with the fishing wealth “.
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