Swift scaler

In a bid to ease workload on ruralwometi in coastal areas, a simple yeteffective fish scaler has been developed under a Food and AgricultureOrganization project (IRED-Forum, No 53).

The scaler comprises of meticu-lously eleaned jagged-edged bottletops nailed to a square, wooden batin a way to allow their free rotation.This*s(*er is moved firmly yet carefully, from the tail to the head of thefish. The new tool accelerates thescaling process considerably besidesbeing less damaging to the fish skin.The tool can also be used to removesmall feathers from poultry.