To overcome a key trade barrier for small and medium scale fisheries units that supply smoked and dried fish products to domestic and export markets, an improved dual function fish processing technique, the FTT or Thiaroye Technique, has been designed. It builds on the strengths of the well-known Chorkor kiln and other existing ovens while addressing their weaknesses regarding the products' compliance to regulations on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).