That price increase has been going on for a long time. The trader sees how fast things are going. “About ten years ago I sold three kilos of plaice for 10 euros, and they now cost 8.50 a kilo when purchased. So three kilos is 25 euros. That is three times as expensive.” The customers notice this too, but they still have no doubts about the continued existence of the fish trade in Spakenburg. “That price increase is a bit of a shame, but this will remain. Yes.” The wish is perhaps also the father of the thought here, because could they do without fish? “Well, no way, no.”
The fishery is in trouble and the fishmongers are noticing this: ‘Plaice now three times as expensive’
