Item Details

Title: AQUACULTURE IN UGANDA: Framework for Cage Fish Culture Development in Uganda

Date Published: 2012
Author/s: National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Data publication:
Funding Agency : Government of Uganda under the Development
Budget.
Copyright/patents/trade marks: National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI)
Journal Publisher:
Affiliation: NaFIRRI, NARO
Keywords: EIA;
Site selection;
Water characteristics and quality;
Cage design and size;
Species selection and fingerlings (seed);
Feeds and feeding;
g) Sampling;

Abstract:

In comparison to the traditional earthen pond fish farming, cage fish culture
is a new fish farming practice in Uganda. Unlike pond fish farming, cage fish
culture relies on artificial structures (i.e. the cages) of various sizes that are
suspended in a water body such as a lake, river or reservoir. Cage culture is
practiced in many countries around the world, and in Africa, it is practiced in
many countries around the world, and in Africa, it is practiced in Egypt and
Zimbabwe. Cage culture has great potential to rapidly transform fish farming
in Uganda to commercial scales.