How fishmongers throw away millions in ‘waste’ fish scales

Dennis Otieno shows a bouquet made from fish scales. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

At Usenge Beach in Bondo, there are hundreds of fish on sale, including tilapia, Nile perch, mud fish among other species.

The fishmongers remove fish scales and throw them away as waste. What they do not know is that the waste, which includes bladders, could earn them millions of shillings in local and foreign markets.