Dear All,
I am currently on a trip with Dr.David Bengtson here in SEA and we are discussing the importance of developing a basic model that at minimum can set a maximum aquaculture use in a common water body. Complex models can refine this further, but the base needs to be a maximum safe allowance so that farmers don’t do what has happened in China, some reservoirs in Indonesia and elsewhere. Once farmers put a cage in, it is very hard to get them out. Just ask the Lake Taal LGUs which were only able to reduce the cages in the lake by finally calling in the military police to remove armed farmers from cages to reduce the cage density from 16,000 to less than 6,000 today.
Set a limit or there will be no limit. Just my USD$0.02.
Sincerely,
Lukas
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Subject: [Sarnissa] Uganda: Fishermen at crossroads as Government starts fish farming on Lake Victoria Ouganda: Les pêcheurs à la croisée des chemins que le gouvernement commence la pisciculture sur L. Victoria
Uganda: Fishermen at crossroads as Government starts fish farming on Lake Victoria
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Potential for cage farming on the lake .? Note Chinese are already developing feed mill and hatchery at the nearby govt Research station at Kajansi and are now introducing tilapia into cages in the lake. Would welcome any views and opinions of Ugandans and others who work in this area. Also adding what is the previous evidence across the continent about whether fishermen make successful fish farmers?. And what is the legal position over starting up new cages, ownership or lease of water on the lake? Do the govt and Fisheries Dept have clear and easily accessible regulations and guidelines for those wishing to start up cage farming?
Ouganda: Les pêcheurs à la croisée des chemins que le gouvernement commence la pisciculture sur L. Victoria
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Potentiel de l'élevage en cage sur le lac? Notez chinois qui sont déjà l'élaboration d'une écloserie et une usine d'alimentation à la station de recherche à proximité Kajansi sont en train d'introduire le tilapia dans des cages dans le lac Victoria - se féliciterait de toute points de vue et opinions de nos membres ougandais / suiveurs qui travaillent dans le domaine. Aussi ajoutant ce qui est la preuve précédente à travers le continent pour savoir si les pêcheurs font pisciculteurs succès? Est ce que Le gouvernement et le Département des pêches ont des règles claires et facilement accessibles et des lignes directrices pour ceux qui souhaitent démarrer l'élevage en cage?
Dr Lucas Mwebaza Ndaula of the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute tells fishers at Wairaka landing site about fish farming.
Most of them are skeptical about earning from it. Photo by William Odinga Balikuddembe. Photo and article courtesy of the Monitor Uganda
Dr Lucas Mwebaza Ndaula de la National Fisheries Resources Institute de recherche indique les pêcheurs au site d'atterrissage Wairaka propos de la pisciculture.
La plupart d'entre eux sont sceptiques au sujet de gagner de là. Photo par William Odinga Balikuddembe.
Photo courtoisie et de l'article de l'Ouganda Moniteur
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