Government is drafting new regulations to enable Guyana to meet the United States’ requirements for the export of catfish species, Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder says.
Exports of gilbacker (a catfish species) to the US market were severely affected earlier this year following a ban of the product from Guyana in March.
During the consideration of the budget estimates last week, Holder said that “Catfish must be caught live and transported to the US live”.
This has to be fixed with regulations, Holder told the Committee of Supply reviewing the national budget estimates. The US has banned all catfish species entering the US that do not adhere to certain regulations.
