Taking serious note of the issue of feeding poultry offal and other slaughterhouse waste to fish by certain farmers, the Fisheries Department on Friday issued orders to ban the practice.
The decision was taken following an appeal from the fish farmers association that the practice of feeding fish with offal by a section of farmers was creating a dip in demand for the fish produced in the State. Feeding meat to fish increases carnivorous tendencies in them, leading them to eat one another.