Apam fishermen lands bumper catch

Apam (C/R), Sept. 26, GNA - Fishermen, in and around Apam and Munford, in the Central region, on Thursday and Friday, made a bumper catch of tuna, salmon and herrings, forcing the prices of fish down at the beach. Opanyin Nana Akyin told the Ghana News Agency at the Apam beach that, a large bucket of salmon, which was being sold about GHC60 the previous weeks, is now being sold at GHC50. He said a large create of herrings reduced from GHC65.00 to between GHC20.00 and GHC50 on Friday, depending on the sizes. Most fishermen told the GNA that fish smokers have no place to store their fish because all their ovens are stocked with fish. They have therefore appealed to the government "as a matter of urgency, to establish a cold storage facility at Apam to keep them in business". The fishermen have commended the government for making pre-mix petrol available for them to do business.