National Agricultural Research Organisation. Fisheries Resources Research Institute Annual Report 2004/2005
About 18% of Uganda’s surface area is covered with water from which about300,000 metric tonnes of fish are produced. Fish are currently the second mostimportant export commodity generating approximately US$100 million annually. Fish provides 50% of protein diet for the 20 million people translating into per capita consumption of 12 kg. Close to the production system, this figure rises to 50 – 100 kg. It is estimated that fishery-related activities employ at least one million people countrywide (i.e. 5% of the population).Fish exports to regional markets are worth at least US $ 20 million annually. Fishflesh contains an anticholesterol which assists in reducing heart diseases. Somefishes are of medicinal value e.g. haplochromines (Nkejje) are used to treat measles. Most of the fish in Uganda is got from lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert and Albert Nile, Edward and George production systems as well as from the 160 minor lakes and rivers and the associated wetland systems. Capture fisheries based in these systems contribute up to 99% of the fish production in Uganda but aquaculture is also picking up. The fishing industry employs up to one million Ugandans
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Resources Research Institute
2005
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32756 |
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