Chinese Fish Farm Closed Down Indefinitely

The Chinese fish farm at the centre of the mass fish killings at Asutsuare, Fujian Farms, has indefinitely suspended its operations. This is in compliance with an order from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Last Friday, some 40 tonnes of unwholesome tilapia were destroyed by the Fisheries Commission at Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.

President of the Ghana Aquaculture Association, Jennifer Sodji, in an interview with Citi News, said Ghanaians should not panic over the matter.

…We realized that the fishes were dying and then we alerted the fisheries commission. Environmental Protection Agency (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 a section of that farm has been closed down,” she said.

Some fishmongers were later found to be transporting the dead fish to be used as salted fish, locally known as ‘koobi’ for sale to the unsuspecting public.

In a statement, NADMO said it has intensified its observation mechanisms in the affected and surrounding communities to ensure that the situation is brought under control.

We reported Tilapia Deaths Out Of Free Will – Chinese Fishing Company

Managers of the farm earlier denied claims that the tilapia were imported from China, saying they were bred locally. They thus suspect food poisoning.

They further acted swiftly to report the death of tilapia on its Asutsuare Tilapia Farm to the appropriate authorities for them to assist the company to find a solution to the challenge.

“We will like to state emphatically that we made a formal complaint to the National Security, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” – a statement issued by the company said.

According to the company, its law-abiding merchandise permits them to also subject itself to relevant investigations by all government agencies for betterment going forward.