After a hard night’s work of fishing from 1:00 AM, the indefatigable Fishermen from the North Eastern Coast of the Havelock Island return to the shores around 8 AM loaded with fresh stocks of staple food of Andaman Islands, The fish. Then begins the proverbial mayhem of fish-market scenario on the shores with the wives of the fishermen flooding the air waves calling out their competitive price and qualitative catch and Women from the inland can be commonly seen engrossed in bargaining for their staple diet.

Some overly built fish regarded as ‘export-quality’ are shipped to Port Blair for sale and further sold in India, Thailand and other neighboring countries.

Back in the Island the Moolah from the market mayhem is largely invested by the fishermen in lifestyle like local arrack and gambling. The not so penny wise fishermen who do not invest in local lifestyle prefer to spend away the day dozing against the bamboo hut wall along the sea shore, smoking their favorite brand, till the sea calls them again.