BEHIND THE FISHing LINES:The price for a kilo of Ambaza is 17 Br in Koka, 13 Br in Zway and 25 Br in Hawassa
Fasting period reels in big business for fishing industry Two days into Lent,Tsiginesh Fish & Special Kitfo No. 2 – a restaurant known mainly for its fish dishes – was teeming with customers at lunch time on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. This is one of the two restaurants that go by the same name, both owned by Tsiginesh Yilma, 34, and her husband. The No. 2 restaurant opened in 2010, along Sahle Selassie Street, down from St. Mary’s Church at Amist Kilo, and it has always been busy, Tsiginesh says. Tsiginesh came into the fish business after she married her husband, who was already a fish supplier, and now manages the No. 1 restaurant.She gave up her former business, which she had been doing for 10 years, before getting married in 2000. The couple decided to start a restaurant of their own when they noticed how business was booming for the eateries they were supplying. They had their first restaurant in 2006, which has now moved from its original location to the compo