A fire broke out at a fish market late at night on Wednesday in Matiala village in Uttam Nagar, Delhi. It started around 11:50 pm when vendors were packing up their stalls. Flames quickly spread to several nearby slums, threatening the homes of many families.
According to Kyodo News, the bluefin tuna, one of the most desirable fish for Japan's iconic dish, Sushi, weighed 243 kg and was caught off the coast of Oma in Aomori Prefecture in the Tohoku region.
Tanveer Ahmad, a young entrepreneur from Tanghdar village in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, has revolutionised the local fish market with his innovative fish farming project.
With the biggest festival for the Bengali community, Durga Puja, just around the corner, the long-awaited arrival of the Padma Hilsa from Bangladesh has brought both excitement and concern to the wholesalers in the Howrah fish market of West Bengal's Kolkata.
The Tripura government is all set to provide a state-of-the-art fish market to Agartala fish vendors, especially those belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
Akhilesh expressed deep disappointment over the decision and recalled his personal connection to the centre. "We and Chaudhary sahab are particularly sad because we were founder members of JPNIC Society," he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Shikha Roy on Wednesday hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj over their recent comments surrounding fish sellers operating near a temple in Delhi's Chittaranjan Park area.
With the state assembly poll date closing in, the fisherfolk at Hawar Fish Market listed several of their concerns hoping for lasting solutions with the new government coming to power.
As per information from the officials, fish have been not been arriving in large quantities from Bangladesh to the Howrah fish market which has led to the fish traders in Kolkata facing huge losses.
The newly renovated Miyako Fish Market in Japan's Iwate has been gathering attention for digital gear as sellers are using tablets to collect and share the amount of fish and other sea food items.