Rundu residents hooked on eating fish

RUNDU – A 24-ton fish container to cater for the increasing demand for fish at Rundu was delivered at the town on Saturday.

The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) transported the container, which will be filled with fish stock from the coastal towns of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The container is the result of a promise made earlier by Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Dr Abraham Iyambo.to allocate a much larger container for Rundu given the demand for fish at the town.The previous container was a six-tonner.The container will be filled with fresh fish stock on Friday.NFCPT Regional Sales Representative, Seretse Patrick, told Nampa yesterday that with the previous container, the fish was sold out within a day of its arrival.Because of the high demand for fish at the town, each person is allowed to buy only one box of fish in order to allow as many people as possible the opportunity.Government, with the aim of making fish affordable and available to Namibians countrywide, established the NFCPT.The NFCPT sells a variety of fish.NampaThe container is the result of a promise made earlier by Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Dr Abraham Iyambo.to allocate a much larger container for Rundu given the demand for fish at the town.The previous container was a six-tonner.The container will be filled with fresh fish stock on Friday.NFCPT Regional Sales Representative, Seretse Patrick, told Nampa yesterday that with the previous container, the fish was sold out within a day of its arrival.Because of the high demand for fish at the town, each person is allowed to buy only one box of fish in order to allow as many people as possible the opportunity.Government, with the aim of making fish affordable and available to Namibians countrywide, established the NFCPT.The NFCPT sells a variety of fish.Nampa