Friday, February 24, 2012

Uganda Government policy to boost aquaculture

Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries are soon to ratify a new policy expected to favour aquaculture and boost fish farming. The National Investment Policy on Aquaculture Parks in Uganda, still in its draft form, seeks to increase the value of aquaculture production from the current 90,000 tons valued at US$180 million (about Shs400 billion) annually to at least 300,000 tons by 2016.

Auburn University Uganda "Fish Project" from Fisheries & Aquacultures on Vimeo.



At the draft validation meeting, the acting Commissioner for Fisheries, Mr Love Wadanya, said fish farms will be mandated to develop environmentally-friendly technology for both land and water fish farming, while at the same time comply with Environmental Impact Assessments. "Our water is still virgin and clean, while putting parks we want to ensure the water remains clean for years to come by developing environmentally-friendly aquaculture technologies, " Mr Wadanya said. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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