Fish Farming
Fish Farming in Tanzania is dominated by freshwater fish farming in which small-scale farmers practice both extensive and semi-intensive fish farming. Small fish ponds of an average size of 10 m x 15 m (150 m2) are integrated with other agricultural activities such as gardening and animal and bird production on small pieces of land.
Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest freshwater fishery. It is shared between Uganda (43%), Kenya (6%) and Tanzania (51%).
The majority of farmed tilapia species in Africa, and in Tanzania, are currently reared extensively or semi-intensively for subsistence in ponds, tanks, hapas or cages, and are fed on locally available feed ingredients . In Tanzania, tilapia fish farmers use mixed or single-ingredient diets to feed their fish.
NCU LTD helps fish farming by the following:-
- Arrange supply of fisheries inputs and equipments.
- Transfer technology to fishermen through cooperatives.
- Provide consultancy services to the members of fishery cooperatives
- Provide fish seed, net and other inputs and equipments also arranging technical guidance for members.
- Procure fish from members and provide complete infrastructure for sale of fish