Guinea Bissau’s minister of fisheries has announced that Chinese fishing vessel Hai Feng will be supplying local markets.
‘The Chinese vessel will henceforth supply fish to the internal market so that every citizen can access fish products at an affordable price,’ fisheries minister Fernando Correia Landim said after taking part in operations to offload fish from the Chinese vessel at the Bissau port.
He said that this will bring 200 tonnes of fish to the local market under an agreement signed with the Chinese operator and the partnership with China will enable Guinea Bissau’s government to create more favourable conditions for the supply of fish to its domestic market.
A kilo of fish that currently costs 650 CFA Francs ($1.1) on the domestic market will henceforth be sold at 500 CFA Francs.
Hai Feng has already landed 142 tonnes of fish, but local fish sellers have urged the government to increase its efforts to increase the supply of fish to the country’s markets, which have been starved of fish due to a lack of fishing vessels.
