Ghana’s Fisheries Commission has commenced investigations into an incident of mass fish death at the Osu Castle Beach in the national capital -Accra.
Many small pelagic and demersal fishes were found dead on the shores of the sea on April 3, 2021.
Preliminary investigation by the commission shows no wound or lesions on the bodies of the fishes.
The Commission has therefore taken a sample of the dead fishes for laboratory test.
“Information got to Fisheries Commission yesterday, April 3, 2021, in the evening, about fish mortalities sighted at the Osu Castle Beach. A team from the Fish Health Unit and the Fisheries Scientific Survey Division of the Fisheries Commission was dispatched to the area. Upon arrival at the beach, the team noticed that there were dead small pelagic and demersal fishes at the shore.
“Initial observation of the fishes showed no wound /lesions on their bodies. It is to be noted that after two to three days of the death of an animal pathological signs change. Samples of the fish were collected on ice to be examined critically in the laboratory,” the Commission said in a statement Sunday.
The statement added: “Seawater samples have also been collected at the beach in the Korle Klottey District in the Greater Accra Region. Examinations will be carried out on the fish gills and other histological examinations will equally be conducted to ascertain any pathological cause. The seawater samples collected will be analyzed for physical, chemical, and other biological parameters. The color of the sea and temperature are normal. We assure everyone that we are working hard to ascertain the actual cause of mortality of the fish”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
