{"id":98878,"date":"2024-09-24T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T12:02:25","slug":"fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt","title":{"rendered":"Fishing industry crying for robust strategies: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>THE government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the fishing industry over the years saying there is need for robust strategies to mitigate the challenges<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s fishing sector is grappling with significant challenges, leading to an underproduction of over 75%.<\/p>\n<p>Once among Africa\u2019s top three fish producers, Zimbabwe now ranks much lower, currently achieving an annual production of approximately 15 000 metric tonnes, falling far too short of the 60 000 metric tonnes required.<\/p>\n<p>Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development secretary Obert Jiri said Zimbabwe had a deficit of 45 000 metric tonnes against a demand of 60 000 metric tonnes of fish annually.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chain Indaba held in Harare recently, Jiri said the industry was facing a myriad challenges that needed to be addressed to help reposition the country\u2019s status and close the deficit in the fishing industry that is above 75%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we say that the government is trying to ensure that the fisheries story is embedded in our production system. So we started the Presidential Fisheries Programme, which of course, was launched by the President and the aim is to really ensure that there is fish everywhere across the country. We then, as we evolved, realised that we needed a more robust strategy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut currently, we are producing 15 000 metric tonnes and we need to push that up to 60 000 metric tonnes. That is the story that you have been hearing and to close that gap, the ministry put together a special department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is supposed to be a huge department, which looks after the fisheries story. That is why the ministry\u2019s name is long, because it moves between them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called on stakeholders and fish farmers to collaborate with the ministry to ensure a steady supply of fingerlings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd one of the limitations at that time was the availability of fingerlings. So we needed a strategy to ensure that we have enough fingerlings to grow to 60 000 people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we need to bring fish close to the villages. Remember [despite] our low productivity, we are saying, in each village, there needs to be a business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our strategy, we say there can never be business in a village which doesn\u2019t include fish. So in our village business units, one of the key components is two 20mx20m fish farms. Which are stocked by the fish for fingerlings that we produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buy Zimbabwe chairperson Munyaradzi Hwengwere called on Zimbabweans to be competitive and support local products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we need, as Zimbabwe, to be competitive with respect to our fish products because right now, we are not as competitive as our neighbours and because of that, consumers are running away from our fish in preference to imported fish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorse still, a lot of the imported fish is smuggled and it\u2019s dangerous for your health because fish, unfortunately, if you don\u2019t take care of it, it will harm you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. THE government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the fishing industry over the years saying there is need for robust strategies to mitigate the challenges Zimbabwe\u2019s fishing sector is grappling with significant challenges, leading to an underproduction of over 75%. Once among Africa\u2019s top three fish producers, Zimbabwe now ranks much lower, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-98878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fishing industry crying for robust strategies: Govt - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the fishing industry over the years saying there is need for rob ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fishing industry crying for robust strategies: Govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the fishing industry over the years saying there is need for rob ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T09:58:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T12:02:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727166720.636931.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fishing industry crying for robust strategies: Govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-24T09:58:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T12:02:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\"},\"wordCount\":507,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727166720.636931.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fishing-industry-crying-for-robust-strategies-govt\",\"name\":\"Fishing industry crying for robust strategies: Govt - 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