These days,
instead of the fishermen at James Town in Accra catching fish in their nets,
the nets get full of garbage as result of waste products dumped into the sea by residents along the
beach.
By EMMANUEL QUAYE
THESE days,
instead of the fishermen at James Town in Accra catching fish in their nets,
the nets get full of garbage as result of waste products dumped into the sea by
residents along the beach.
Some of the
fishermen believe the overflow of refuse from the Korle Lagoon accounts for
much the of garbage that get trapped in their fishing nets.
One of them,
Nii Ayi Quaye, complained bitterly about the situation and said it was alarming
and that something must be done by the authorities.
The
Coordinating Director of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Sam Ayeh
Darteh, told the Daily Graphic two years ago that the assembly had
contracted Zoil Ghana Ltd, a subsidiary of
Zoomlion Company Limited, to clean the filth along the beaches.
TND Magoah,
the Founder of the Ghana Environmental Awareness Association, said the Korle
Lagoon had become one of the most
polluted water bodies in in the country and that his outfit sometimes undertook
educational campaigns along the beaches on cleanliness.
According to
the World Health Organisation (WHO), the eating of contaminated fish and shellfish was the main
source of methylmercury exposure, especially in populations that rely heavily
on the consumption of predatory fish.
It said
cooking did not eliminate mercury from fish.
The WHO is
preparing a guidance document for risk managers that will use national exposure
assessments to determine the appropriate risk management options, bearing in
mind the nutritional benefits of fish consumption. - graphicOnline
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