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Fish exporters apologize over request to ban local consumption of Nile Perch

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Fish Processors and Exporters Association (UFPEA) has apologized for proposing that the local consumption of Nile Perch be banned. Sujal Goswami, the chairperson of the association tabled the request to the agriculture committee of Parliament which is currently considering the Fisheries and Aquaculture …

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Fish exports decline by 70% due to COVID-19 restrictions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s fish exports have gone down by nearly 70 percent as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic according to the Uganda Fish Processors and Exporters Association (UFPEA). The Association’s acting CEO William Tibyasa Mwesigye says that Uganda exported 2,000 tons of fish in …

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