Umar Ocean Fisheries (Opc) Private Limited

Our office is right behind the Kalina Church in the Yasin Patel building. If you know Santacruz East, you know it’s a packed area with a lot of noise and people moving around. We are on the ground floor at shop number one. Being in Mumbai means everything has to happen fast, especially when it comes to fisheries. As Umar Ocean Fisheries (Opc) Private Limited, we handle a lot of the back-and-forth between the boats and the local markets. Shastry Nagar can get quite hectic during the monsoon but we just keep the doors open and keep working. The building is an old one but it’s sturdy. We spend a lot of time on the phone or dealing with the paperwork that the city requires. It’s not glamorous work at all. There’s always the smell of the ocean on our clothes even when we aren't near the water. We have some plastic chairs and a few desks where we sit and argue about the day’s prices. People walk past the church and see us through the window just doing our thing. It’s been our base for a while now and we don't plan on moving. We just want to get the catch in and get it moved out before the heat gets too bad. That is basically our whole life here in this little corner of Mumbai, just keeping the business running.