Fishermen pledge not to sell unwholesome fish

The National Fish Process and Traders Association (NFPTA) and the Shama Fish Mongers Association (SFMA), at the weekend pledged not to buy unwholesome fish from fishermen.

According to the Executive Members of the associations the action taken by their members would go a long way to discourage fishermen from landing unwholesome fish catch from expedition.

Madam Susuana Bissue, the Vice President of the SFMA and Mr Thomas Swapim, the Western Regional President of the NFPTA declared their stance in turns at the launch of the “Hygienic Fish Handling Campaign “, at Shama.

The campaign was organised by the Daasgift Quality Foundation, (DQF), a local based non- governmental organisation, an implementing partner of the USAID Sustainable Fisheries Management Project for fishmongers at Shama and its surrounding communities.

They based their action on reports that some fishermen return from fishing expedition with fish caught with chemicals that make them go bad fast. The unwholesome fish is detected by its changed colour.

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