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Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension. In: Mgaya, Y.D. and Mahongo, S.B. (Editors), Lake Victoria Fisheries Resources: Research and Management in Tanzania.

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dc.creator Shoko, A.P.
dc.creator Mgaya, Y.D.
dc.creator Samwel Mchele Limbu
dc.creator Hoza, R.
dc.date 2019-05-08T05:48:43Z
dc.date 2019-05-08T05:48:43Z
dc.date 2017-11-29
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T07:47:51Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-07T07:47:51Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5240
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69656-0_7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5240
dc.description The dwindling catch from Lake Victoria has caused an insufficient fish supply to the population of the Lake Victoria basin, Tanzania. The decrease in catch rates and demand for fish has created room for fish farming practices at both small and commercial scales in the Lake Basin. This chapter provides a result-oriented status of aquaculture research and development efforts made by the government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Lake Basin from the colonial era to the present. The chapter also highlights strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges (SWOCs) to aquaculture development in the basin. Results show that the basin has a high potential for fish farming development due to suitable characteristics for fish farming. Fishponds are the common culture system used in fish farming in the basin. The ponds are stocked with either Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus or African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, reared in monoculture or polyculture. A system of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) farming is also practised in some areas of the basin. The yield from the lake basin has increased with time due to improved pond management techniques. However, more room is available for further increase pending the adoption of technology and improved extension services. Fish farming could help to reduce fishing pressure on capture fisheries in the main lake and contribute significantly to the conservation of the lake’s biodiversity. Ultimately, fish farming will generate income for the people, which is in line with the government’s efforts to alleviate poverty in the country.
dc.description World Bank (GEF/IDA) through LVEMP I.
dc.publisher Springer
dc.subject Lake Victoria
dc.subject Fish farming
dc.subject Fisheries extension
dc.subject Fishponds
dc.subject Aquaculture potential
dc.title Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension. In: Mgaya, Y.D. and Mahongo, S.B. (Editors), Lake Victoria Fisheries Resources: Research and Management in Tanzania.
dc.type Book chapter


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