AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE government will ensure that the fishing industry produces a large number of fish especially those found in natural water sources, a senior official said yesterday.
Livestock and Fisheries Minister Mashimba Ndaki made the remarks shortly after inspecting activities carried out at Morogoro-based Kingolwira Aquaculture Center (KAC).
According to Ndaki, the fisheries industry has been very responsive at the moment due to the growing demand for its market.
He said the ministry will ensure that it continues to improve the production facilities for fish fingerlings and further expand the scope of its production to keep pace with the needs of fingerlings for fish farmers.
Director of the aquaculture department from the ministry, Dr Nazael Madalla said: “We’re in various stages to provide education on fish farming including using mobile phones. Through the improvements being made at the Kingolwira Aquaculture Center, we’re in the process of starting producing catfish fingerlings.”
He also said that currently, aquaculture facilities under the ministry have already started selling Nile Perch fingerlings.
The acting senior officer of KAC, Hamad Makorwa said: “Our strategy is to increase the production of fingerlings and achieve the target of producing 600,000 fingerlings per month.”
He said in order to achieve that goal, the facility needs 26 dams and Sato fish to produce 24,000 fingerlings which currently have 5,430.
