Cage fish farming is steadily growing on Lake Victoria,
according to Mujib Nkambo, a Fisheries Researcher with the National Fisheries Resources
Research Institute (NaFIRRI).
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| NaFIRRI aquaculture research centre at Kajjansi |
Nkambo, who is this week touring Wakiso district to teach
people how to farm fish in lakes and rivers, says that there are over 1000
cages in Lake Victoria alone.
“Cages are highly profitable. They give you more yield per
unit area,” Nkambo told Nathan Lujumwa, the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
of Wakiso District on November 30, 2015, at Wakiso District headquarters.
“In Masese [Jinja district] fishermen started with only two
cages from NAADS [National Agricultural Advisory Services] but now they have
350 cages,” Nkambo added.
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| NaFIRRI's Information Communication & Outreach Officer Saul Waigolo discusses with Lujumwa (r) during the NaFIRRI visti |
Lujumwa said that the introduction of cage fish farming,
also known as cage-culture, was timely.
“The resource [fish] is running out. If we embrace this
technology we will boost our incomes and food security. I pray that our
communities embrace this,” Lujumwa said.
Cage-culture involves farming fish in cages, in water bodies
such as lakes and rivers.