Four-Day Fisheries Carnival Sees Deals Worth $125,000
By Finaz Daniel

Brunei-Muara - Business transactions worth $125,000 were done during the four-day Fisheries Carnival 2008 which concluded yesterday afternoon.

Considered as the most successful carnival to date, this year's four-day carnival received 25,000 visitors, which is a significant increase to the last carnival held in 2006. The carnival's main objective was to increase the sales from the activities and produces of local companies and government agencies which participated in the event.

Officiating at the carnival's closing ceremony was Hjh Hasnah Ibrahim, Director of the Fisheries Department at the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources. Also present were Hj Abdul Halidi Mohd Salleh, deputy director of fisheries and officers and staff of the department.

In her speech, Hjh Hasnah assured of the determined efforts by the Department of Fisheries to increase the performance of future carnivals and that the department was open to any ideas and suggestions from the public in making future carnivals more festive and successful.

The ceremony was held at the carnival venue at the Muara Fish Landing Complex where more than 70 local entrepreneurs involved in the fisheries industry, particularly the capture, aquaculture and down stream industry especially seafood processing, as well as from fisheries support services, were among the participants.

The closing ceremony also saw, the guest of honour presenting certificates of appreciation and prizes to all the participants and winners of the various activities organised during the carnival.

The carnival was blessed this year with good weather and sea conditions which allowed the sale of fresh fishes to go on uninterrupted for the duration of the four days, said Khairulzaman Hj Tamin, a representative of the participants from Syarikat Marimin dan Anak-Anak.

Majority of the visitors said their main reason for visiting to the carnival was for the fresh fish. The cheap prices at the carnival was one to take advantage of, with $5 per kg for red snapper and the same for kurisi bali, which would have been $12 per kg elsewhere.

Management assistant at H.Z. Azam Enterprise, Hj Zaini Mohd Zain, said that the most popular fish sold was the local mackerel, or ikan tenggiri, which, was sold at $5 per kg, as opposed to $8 per kg at the Gadong fish market, where they usually sell.

Hj Zaini further said that their sale of fresh fish had been very good throughout the carnival and that they sold nine tonnes of fish in four days.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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