Proposal to Finalize Regulations Prohibiting Harvesting of Undersized Fish

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• He said the company, whose investment is valued at 205bn/-, currently operates 250 fish-rearing cages and 500 harvesting cages.
• Prof Limbu added that the company was also planning to construct a fish feed manufacturing plant in Mwanza with the capacity to produce 72,000 tonnes of fish feed annually.
• The minister said the government was also finalising regulations and legislation that would prohibit the harvesting, storage, transportation and sale of undersized fish as part of efforts to promote sustainable.
• Acting Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Big Best Company Limited, Prof Samwel Mchele Limbu, said the company’s cage fish farming project had the capacity to produce eight million fish fingerlings.
• For his part, Ilemela Member of Parliament William Kafiti urged the government, through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, to continue identifying and properly managing the boundaries of fishing areas to minimise.