The owners operating at the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex on Princess Alice Highway made the bold decision to increase their price to vendors from $25 per one hundred flying fish, to $40. Their decision was made after last week's hike in diesel prices.

Detrimental move

The decision was met with much resistance, as vendors refused to pay more than $30 per hundred, saying if they paid the increase it would seriously affect their sales to the public and local processing companies, and would be a detrimental move due to the current high cost of living.

According to Watson, contrary to popular belief, fishermen do not make a lot of money.

"The fishermen can sit down and come together and decide we are going to be selling the fish at $40 per hundred, and not go below that," Watson told the media yesterday.

"We have always thought that was a reasonable price. When you think about all the input, it is about the actual cost per (fishing) trip now that the diesel prices are up," she concluded. (BA)