NaFAA Warns
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has warned the citizenry against feeding on dead fish without knowing the cause of death, as it could be extremely harmful to the population involved and could serve as a medium through which disease is spread from one person to another, leading to an epidemic.
In a release issued over the weekend, NaFAA said, “It has come to the attention of the management of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) that citizens of Palm Bush Community in Duazon, adjacent the Silver Beach, were seen Thursday September 21, 2023 cutting through a dead sea animal, assumed to be a sperm whale, for consumption.”
NaFAA urged members of the public, particularly coastal dwellers, to immediately desist from such act as feeding on a dead fish without knowing the cause of death could be extremely harmful to the population involved. “These are ways in which diseases are spread from one person to another, leading to an epidemic,” NaFAA observed.
Meanwhile, the administration of NaFAA says it is working with other relevant institutions to ensure that the carcass of the dead fish is removed from the beach to prevent others from consuming it.