FISH PRODUCTION IN MBINGA TOWN COUNCIL SKYROCKETS BY 114.3 Pc

Tarehe ya kuwekwa: November 21st, 2023

By Alex Nelson Malanga

Information Officer----MTC

Mbinga. Fish production in Mbinga Town Council (MTC) skyrocketed by 114.3 percent in the 2022/23 Financial Year compared to the preceding year, thanks to the improved fishing methods.

Mbinga Town Council’s Fisheries Officer Musa Mwasenga said on Tuesday, November 21 of this year that fish production shot from 0.7 tonnes in 2021/22 to 1.5 tonnes in 2022/23.

“The ongoing education on good practices for fish farming is what had significantly triggered an increase in fish production that we recorded in the 2022/23 Financial Year,” underscored Mr. Mwasenga.  

He went on to add: “We have been using Radio Stations and seminars to educate people on how to improve fishing methods and thus productivity.”

He said a number of fish farmers at Mbinga Town Council stood at 448.  

Of the figure, he explained, 243 are individual fish farmers and 205 are in fish farming groups.

Mr. Mwasenga went further to expound that a number of fishing dams jumped from 529 in 2021/22 to 594 in 2022/23.

“In Mbinga Town Council, we depend solely on dams when it comes to fishing production,” he concluded.