00:00 If you are planning to catch fish, here are the prices of the fish in the market based on the price monitoring of the Department of Agriculture.
00:10 140 pesos to 250 pesos per kilo of fish, 110 pesos to 161 pesos per kilo of tilapia.
00:25 Other fish like local tilapia are from 220 pesos to 280 pesos per kilo.
00:31 The imported tilapia is from 180 pesos to 260 pesos per kilo.
00:36 Is that the price range in which the fish in Mega QMart in Quezon City?
00:42 Let's find out in the first news live of James Agustin. James!
00:51 Good morning! Unlike last week, where we can buy frozen tilapia and tilapia here in Mega QMart in Quezon City,
01:00 now there are fresh tilapia and tilapia here. The close fishing season is over for that.
01:06 Just yesterday, there was a supply of fresh tilapia and tilapia in this place, in Mega QMart in Quezon City.
01:17 The price of tilapia is 180 pesos per kilo while the price of tilapia is 220 pesos per kilo.
01:22 According to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of BIFAR, the close fishing season is over.
01:27 That's why the supply of fish is increasing.
01:30 The supply of tilapia and tilapia is increasing compared to the last time, it was all frozen.
01:36 How is the price?
01:38 It's still high.
01:40 Why is that, sir?
01:43 The supply is still high but if it increases, it will still decrease.
01:47 Other fish like catfish can be bought for 180 pesos per kilo,
01:52 there are fish with fish eggs that are 240 pesos per kilo,
01:55 tilapia is 130 pesos per kilo, while fish with fish eggs is 190 pesos per kilo.
02:00 The price of fish is still high, that's why the buyers are on a budget.
02:05 If you buy a lot, you don't have enough money.
02:09 You just need a budget. The one that fits us is just right.
02:13 If you can't buy a kilo, you can buy one-fourth or half of it.
02:19 For me, as long as you know how to budget, you can buy it even if it's expensive.
02:26 The fish sellers are expecting a high demand for fish.
02:29 In the coming Holy Week, they can't say if the price will increase.
02:35 If there's a low supply during Holy Week, the price will increase.
02:39 But if there's a high supply, the price will decrease.
02:42 Meanwhile, sir, there are smaller fish that can be bought here.
02:50 According to the fish sellers, this is the freshest and this is the one that's low.
02:55 That's the first news from Mega Q Mart in Quezon City.
02:58 I'm James Agustin for GEMA Integrated News.
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