Advice on Appropriate Feeding Rates and Fish Density Management

TLDR

• The measures are part of wider efforts to strengthen aquaculture under the National Development Vision 2050, with food safety, environmental protection and professional management placed at the centre of the sector’s.
• Ilemela Municipality has a total of 267 fish farms in Lake Victoria as well as 47 fish farming ponds,” Langoi said, adding that quality and safe feeds are critical to improving production.
• Farmers are being advised to apply appropriate feeding rates and control fish density in cages to limit feed waste, which can contribute to water pollution.