It has emerged that over eighteen tons of unwholesome tilapia have been destroyed by the Fisheries Commission at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.
The shoals of fish which were on Fujian Farm, a Chinese owned fish farming company at Asutuare, were allegedly imported into the country from China.
It is believed the strain which could not survive on the farm is genetically modified.
President of the Ghana Aquaculture Association, Jennifer Sodji, in a speaking to Accra based radio station [Citi FM] said Ghanaians should not panic over the matter.
“…We realized that the fishes were dying and then we alerted the fisheries commission. EPA also moved in there to investigate the fish at the farm. The general public is not supposed to be worried about it because as we speak part of that farm has been closed down,” she added.
“…We realized that the fishes were dying and then we alerted the fisheries commission. EPA also moved in there to investigate the fish at the farm. The general public is not supposed to be worried about it because as we speak part of that farm has been closed down,” she added.
Happyghana.com will follow up for more details.
