A fish dryer for the salt fish industry

Abstract

The Sepik River salt fish industry is based on tilapia, Sarotherodon mossambica. These fish got into the river in 19 59 when some of them were washed out of ponds near Maprik. By 1966 the tilapia had reached their present distribution from the May River to the Marjop Barat near the mouth of the Sepik. They became part of the subsistence fishery and were given the Pidgin name, Makau.