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Madam Dorcas Adwoa Painstil, the Ag. Executive Secretary of the Water Resources Commission (WRC), has observed that illicit human activities around water bodies poses serious threats to the natural habitat of fish. She identified factors including waste from small-scale industries and mining (galamsey), leaching of agro-chemicals from farms into rivers,…

Mrs Amy Atter, a senior research scientist, has urged fish processors to adopt improved fish processing techniques like hygienic handling and sun drying on raised platforms to create wealth from small fish often labelled as ‘trash-fish’. She said with value addition, trash fish’s utilisation could be expanded, explaining that it…