Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:29:48 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA GOVERNMENT should ban the import of fish from countries that have the lake tilapia virus to avoid an outbreak of the same in the country, Aquaculture Development of Zambia, chairperson, Fisho Mwale has suggested. Mr. Mwale said, while the country could not ban the imports of fish due to the trading agreements the country had accented to, there was need to protect the sector from being destroyed by the tilapia lake virus.Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Mwale said Government should act and help the aquaculture sector grow. “Government has already identified the source of the fish that has the tilapia virus and we are proposing that they ban the importation of this dangerous fish coming from these specific countries,” he said. He stated that after getting the tests, the government was at liberty to ban the importation of the products onto the […]
