date:Jul 13, 2012
The price increases are partly because it is currently off-season, and the market is suffering from high demand due to an influx of visitors, which has resulted in weakened supplies, said Ghasam Al-Jizani, a vendor at the Jeddah fish market.
Another reason prices had increased, he explained, was the Kingdom having to import large quantities of shrimps from India, Thailand, Yemen and the Philippines to meet demand, reportsArabNews.
Due to the higher prices in Jeddah, where most seafood markets