Fish consumption drops : a reply
(Fish consumption decline: hypotheses.) GC Matchaya, PhD This note is in response to the article ‘Fish consumption drops’ that appeared in the nation paper of Friday, 18 June 2010 published online at http://www.mwnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1206:fish-consumption-drops&catid=66:business-news&Itemid=64 The said article is interesting and tackles an issue of importance for health and general societal welfare. The annual fish catch figures it presents are enlightening and helps readers to understand the fish availability problem in Malawi in a proper context. Nevertheless the article seems to present otherwise simple facts in a manner that may get the readers confused. Firstly the characters mentioned in the article seem to insinuate that the decline in fish per capita consumption is due to general disinterest in fish consumption by consumers, so that there should be policies that seek to encourage fish consumption as perhaps in fish importance