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Flosell, a leading aquaculture company in Ghana and the leading tilapia producer in Ghana, has incurred losses to the tune of more than GH¢6.4 million because of the spillage of the Akosombo Dam stated Evans Danso, Managing Director of Flosell Farms.
Flosell, a leading aquaculture company in Ghana and the leading tilapia producer in Ghana, has incurred losses to the tune of more than GH¢6.4 million because of the spillage of the Akosombo Dam stated Evans Danso, Managing Director of Flosell Farms. Flosell produces good quality and healthy fish for the Ghanaian community and West Africa by bringing together local resources and leading world aquaculture best practices in an environmentally responsible manner, founded with a dual social and commercial mandate
The Company, which had existed for eight years now, produced 3,000 tons and 30 million pieces of tilapia and fingerlings yearly.
The rise in the water level led to the sweeping away of their cages while others got crushed. The Company’s cages which were made at a cost of $10,000 per one were lost, while some of the surviving fingerlings were dying due to the contamination of the water. About 122 tons of fish could not be accounted for while about 2.3 million fingerlings were also lost.
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The Company, which had existed for eight years now, produced 3,000 tons and 30 million pieces of tilapia and fingerlings yearly and was the National Best Fish farm in 2020. Fisheries Commission, which sent two delegates to assess the situation. The company called for proper support systems from the government for affected food producers to help mitigate the excessive loss.
