Promotion of fish farming for poverty alleviation and protein food supplies: a presentation to SPEED
Annual fish harvested from production systems (lakes and rivers) in Uganda isabout 300,000 mt. Fish production from aquaculture contributes about 0.02% (i.e.less than 100mt) of total fish production. Fish is currently one of the two mostimportant agricultural export commodities from Uganda with factory-processedfish (mostly Nile perch) exported mainly to Europe, South East Asia and theMiddle East worth at least USD 100 m annually. Regional fish exports to Kenya,Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan, DR Congo and some parts of Central Africa are alsoimportant contributing about USD 20m annually. All recorded fish exports relyheavily (95%) on factory-processed Nile perch with the Nile tilapia increasinglyentering the export market chain. Regional fish exports are more diversified interms of species and include Nile tilapia, Nile perch, "mukene", Tiger fish and"Angara", the last two fished from Lake Albert.
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Resources Research Institute (FIRRI)
2003-10-16
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/33914 |
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