Fish market has a unique peculiarity, it is not a commercial mall, and can not be so, even if the building develops, and can not deal with fish vendors as shop tenants in the mall, it is true that the building «waterfront market» modern and sophisticated and similar to the mall, But the whole situation is different when the goods become a daily source of sustenance for most citizens, and a source of livelihood for some of them!
Increasing the cost within the market for fish sellers means that their profit margin is reduced in a way that affects their continuity, especially if we add to this the increase in the cost of the fishing trip itself.Therefore, fish sellers can not compensate their money except by raising the prices of fish even a small percentage, although they see it as small. And close to the same prices before moving to the new market, but it is not so to consumers, especially low-income and middle-income, and in a simple way, the cost of buying fish per week for an average family is not less than 1500 dirhams, which means that they reach monthly 6000 dirhams, and this amount Can not take it Rh is acceptable with the increasing pace of basic and necessary for many families monthly obligations!
Running a fish market in a Gulf country like the UAE, where most people depend on it as a main meal, should not focus solely on profit, and how to increase it to cover the expenses of establishing and operating the market, certainly there are profits to be made, fish trade is lucrative and profitable, and do not mind that management The market has money to cover construction, operation and maintenance expenses, provided that this thought does not overshadow larger tasks and responsibilities.
There are responsibilities such as controlling and regulating the market, combating all the negative phenomena that are prevalent among the dominant Asian groups in the sea and the seashore, controlling and controlling the sales of the auctions and abroad, and not giving any chance to any manipulations or monopolies or control these auctions, because the manipulation when it occurs This stage opens the way to controlling prices and controlling the market.
Market management must support and encourage the few, but rare, citizens in the market who suffer from difficult and unhealthy competition from the dominant Asian multitude. True, they are trying in all ways to survive and compete, but they alone will not be able to survive. So the first ones said, and that's what we see clearly there!
The management of the fish market is required to develop very balanced plans, the first party to develop and regulate the market, and the second party to ensure that no one controls prices and raise them whenever he wants, the commodity here is essential and indispensable by the citizens, and this requires a new thinking in management combines Commercial and social thinking, but confining thinking only to the financial side and how to devise ways to increase income, this is certainly not commensurate with the nature of the market and its importance.
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