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Tokyo wrote:murchr wrote:Swenani wrote:murchr wrote:chemirocha wrote:Swenani wrote:chemirocha wrote:Swenani wrote:hardwood wrote:How is this possible? Quote:The Standard bought a carton of fish at the Kisumu go-down for Sh2,000. One 10kg carton carries 60 pieces of tilapia, each weighing between 200-300 grammes. This means a piece of the imported tilapia goes for Sh30 in the market. This is cheaper than the local tilapia which cost between Sh100 and Sh200. With corruption, everything is possible Even toothpicks from china are way cheaper than toothpicks made in kenya The Chinese export almost 500,000 tonnes of fish every year. I think you'll find that its simple economies of scale and not crazy conspiracies. Which crazy conspiracy? WHY can't Kenya process enough fish for it's market and maybe serve the regional markets as well to maximize on the economies of scale? For a start our fishing industry is very underdeveloped. Do we have cooling systems at any of the facilities of Lake Victoria or at the coast? Then when we go fishing, we eat everything. This is what the Economist said about our fishing industry back in 2006 Quote:....The situation is only a little better in Kenya and Tanzania. In both countries a lack of capital has produced pitiful fishing fleets. Corruption, rife enough on land, is even worse at sea. Illegal and unreported fishing accounts for much of the catch. Marine conservationists say that pretty much everything is wrong with the fishing in east Africa. There is no compliance, limited monitoring and the boats use gear that rips up the seabed and, in some places, the coral reefs. Fish stocks are falling, and their indiscriminate human predators also slaughter numberless dolphins and rare turtles, which get snagged on the lines. We have misplaced priorities,In coast, the few cooling facilities are located far away from the fishing points/villages yet the roads from the fishing points/villages to the cooling facilities are in a poor state and impassable during the rain season. I was somewhere along the Kenyan coast where 1kg of octopus was going for 200bob and the only storage facility was to keep the octopus alive in the ocean, while kawaida fish was going for 50 bob per kg due to lack of transport to market Only the county leadership can revive this industry. By organizing groups and saccos. Alternatively, a big fishing company with deep pockets should come in and reorganize the whole industry. Meanwhile, enjoy fish from China, atleast its not Japan where fish is exposed to radioactive material. Radioactive??? Time Magazine wrote:
Radioactivity from the nuclear disaster can still be found in some fish.
The study, published in the journal PNAS, shows that freshwater fish and ocean bottom dwellers near Fukushima have a higher risk of contamination with the radioactive chemical cesium than most other types of ocean fish in the same area. That risk diminishes the further away the fish are from the city’s nuclear facilities.
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Tokyo wrote:murchr wrote:Swenani wrote:murchr wrote:chemirocha wrote:Swenani wrote:chemirocha wrote:Swenani wrote:hardwood wrote:How is this possible? Quote:The Standard bought a carton of fish at the Kisumu go-down for Sh2,000. One 10kg carton carries 60 pieces of tilapia, each weighing between 200-300 grammes. This means a piece of the imported tilapia goes for Sh30 in the market. This is cheaper than the local tilapia which cost between Sh100 and Sh200. With corruption, everything is possible Even toothpicks from china are way cheaper than toothpicks made in kenya The Chinese export almost 500,000 tonnes of fish every year. I think you'll find that its simple economies of scale and not crazy conspiracies. Which crazy conspiracy? WHY can't Kenya process enough fish for it's market and maybe serve the regional markets as well to maximize on the economies of scale? For a start our fishing industry is very underdeveloped. Do we have cooling systems at any of the facilities of Lake Victoria or at the coast? Then when we go fishing, we eat everything. This is what the Economist said about our fishing industry back in 2006 Quote:....The situation is only a little better in Kenya and Tanzania. In both countries a lack of capital has produced pitiful fishing fleets. Corruption, rife enough on land, is even worse at sea. Illegal and unreported fishing accounts for much of the catch. Marine conservationists say that pretty much everything is wrong with the fishing in east Africa. There is no compliance, limited monitoring and the boats use gear that rips up the seabed and, in some places, the coral reefs. Fish stocks are falling, and their indiscriminate human predators also slaughter numberless dolphins and rare turtles, which get snagged on the lines. We have misplaced priorities,In coast, the few cooling facilities are located far away from the fishing points/villages yet the roads from the fishing points/villages to the cooling facilities are in a poor state and impassable during the rain season. I was somewhere along the Kenyan coast where 1kg of octopus was going for 200bob and the only storage facility was to keep the octopus alive in the ocean, while kawaida fish was going for 50 bob per kg due to lack of transport to market Only the county leadership can revive this industry. By organizing groups and saccos. Alternatively, a big fishing company with deep pockets should come in and reorganize the whole industry. Meanwhile, enjoy fish from China, atleast its not Japan where fish is exposed to radioactive material. Radioactive??? Tvactive perhaps! Portfolio: Sold
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hardwood wrote:Gathige wrote:hardwood wrote:How is this possible? Quote:The Standard bought a carton of fish at the Kisumu go-down for Sh2,000. One 10kg carton carries 60 pieces of tilapia, each weighing between 200-300 grammes. This means a piece of the imported tilapia goes for Sh30 in the market. This is cheaper than the local tilapia which cost between Sh100 and Sh200. Even farmers choice packaged frozen fish fillets clearly indicates- Produce of PRC. Haiya. I always buy frozen fish fillet hapo kwa supermarket and I have never checked the finer details on the labeling. I have always assumed the fish is from lake Victoria. I checked today and was surprised the fish fillet i normally buy is from Lebanon!
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In Mombasa, prawns from china are 1/4 the price of unregistered, unprocessed, prawns sold in the open with flys all over in likoni and other areas. why is this, the Chinese caught, processed(I mean ready to cook) transported, paid taxes, distributor cut, etc and still cheaper than our fishermen catch, which was caught with paddle steered boat, no taxes, no processing yet 4 time more expensive. ????? To Each His Own
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