{"id":33381,"date":"2022-07-01T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:16:44","slug":"agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture ministry destroys 600kg of fish worth millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) together with the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) have destroyed over 600kgs of immature fish in Entebbe. The fish is said to have been intercepted in Masaka while in transit to DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have destroyed about 600kgs of immature Nile perch that were being smuggled to DR Congo. We brought it here plus the suspects and court advised us to destroy it,\u201d Mr Innocent Mugabi, the fisheries inspector at MAAIF said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the quality of the fish was not suitable for human consumption because they were not handled well by the dealers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we could not give it out to the people for consumption as we always do,\u201d Mr Mugabi explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Deo Sentiba the spokesperson for the FPU said that after intercepting the vehicle, the suspects were instructed to drive the fish to Wakiso District where they usually carry out the destruction exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm appealing to Ugandans to desist from illegal fishing activities, because we need our lakes and we all know the economic activities. So, if we stop these kinds of illegalities, for sure I know and I understand our lakes will provide enough income to the growth of our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Fish Protection Unit (FPU) on April 12, 2022, destroyed illegal fishing gear worth Shs447 million which included nets and hooks.<\/p>\n<p>All these come in a bid to curb the persistently high levels of illegal fishing and smuggling at Lake Victoria and other lakes in Uganda<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) together with the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) have destroyed over 600kgs of immature fish in Entebbe. The fish is said to have been intercepted in Masaka while in transit to DR Congo. \u201cWe have destroyed about 600kgs of immature Nile perch that were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-33381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Agriculture ministry destroys 600kg of fish worth millions - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) together with the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) hav ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agriculture ministry destroys 600kg of fish worth millions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) together with the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) hav ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-01T16:05:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-01T16:16:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Agriculture ministry destroys 600kg of fish worth millions\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-01T16:05:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-01T16:16:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/agriculture-ministry-destroys-600kg-of-fish-worth-millions\",\"name\":\"Agriculture ministry destroys 600kg of fish worth millions - 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