Table 5.
Actor-wise post-harvest loss of marine fisheries.
| Actors | Physical loss | Quality loss |
Market force loss |
Total PHL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium quality loss | Poor quality loss | Severe quality loss | Excess supply | Lower demand | ||||||||||
| Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | Quantity (Kg/MT) | Value ($/MT) | |
| Fisherman | 12.59 | 40.90 | 25.20 (36.24) | 75.96 | 5.56 (12.84) | 16.75 | 3.08 (16.80) | 9.28 | 23.34 (33.83) | 70.37 | 17.13 (23.99) | 51.64 | 86.90 (136.29) | 264.89 |
| Traders | ||||||||||||||
| Wholesaler | 1.20 | 5.23 | 13.24 (35.16) | 44.33 | 5.08 (7.24) | 17.02 | 0.64 (0.57) | 2.13 | 9.70 (32.64) | 32.47 | 9.27 (28.23) | 31.05 | 39.13 (105.04) | 132.24 |
| Arathder | 0.27 | 0.74 | 12.56 (28.91) | 39.55 | 22.06 (30.37) | 69.47 | 4.12 (3.96) | 12.97 | 22.47 (66.00) | 70.75 | 21.56 (66.51) | 67.90 | 83.04 (196.02) | 261.36 |
| Retailer | 19.11 | 91.86 | 13.54 (29.45) | 47.43 | 9.54 (13.90) | 33.41 | 5.15 (6.63) | 18.05 | 16.58 (40.72) | 58.08 | 9.55 (23.29) | 33.46 | 73.47 (133.10) | 282.30 |
| Processor (Freezing) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.67 (3.89) | 4.47 | 1.07 (0.80) | 2.85 | 58.28 (23.48) | 155.88 | 31.99 (37.46) | 85.56 | 29.93 (24.91) | 80.07 | 122.94 (90.54) | 328.82 |
| Processor (Dry fish) | 1.72 | 11.97 | 2.09 (9.29) | 12.38 | 1.06 (1.75) | 6.31 | 2.69 (2.19) | 15.98 | 2.37 (13.33) | 14.09 | 1.80 (8.72) | 10.69 | 11.73 (37.00) | 71.41 |
| Processor (Salting) | 0.81 | 3.92 | 5.90 (12.80) | 28.50 | 6.15 (8.70) | 29.73 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 | 0.32 (2.30) | 1.53 | 2.71 (8.40) | 13.10 | 15.89 (33.01) | 76.77 |
| Average | 3.85 | 18.95 | 8.17 (19.92) | 29.44 | 7.49 (10.46) | 26.46 | 11.81 (6.14) | 34.17 | 13.91 (32.08) | 43.75 | 12.47 (26.68) | 39.38 | 57.70 (99.12) | 192.15 |
| Overall average | 8.22 | 29.93 | 16.68 (28.08) | 52.70 | 6.53 (11.65) | 21.61 | 7.44 (11.47) | 21.72 | 18.63 (32.95) | 57.06 | 14.80 (25.33) | 45.51 | 72.30 (117.70) | 228.52 |
The figure in the parenthesis represents the quantity of fish at a reduced price.