Monday, December 12, 2011

Millions of tilapia die from food poisoning

Millions of tilapia fingerlings on the Volta Lake have been reported dead at Kpeve-Tornu and other sites due to contaminated locally produced fish feed from the Raanan Fish Feed West Africa Limited. Many farmers and groups at Kpeve Tornu operating fish farms all suffered major losses of their stock of tilapia after the company Raanan Fish Feed West Africa Limited delivered feed to them between November 21 and 28.

The general manager of Matfrankston Fisheries Limited at Kpeve-Tornu Mr Lawrence Matanawui said "that he noticed after feeding his stock with the contaminated feed that the mortality was alarming and abnormal and it generated a stench". He operated six cages on the lake with each cage breeding 10,000 fishes. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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