Seafood consumption in Eastern Africa has been increasing as the region’s population grows and more people are becoming more conscious of the health benefits of seafood despite a general fish output decline, especially from Lake Victoria, one of the biggest sources of seafood in Eastern Africa.
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the three countries sharing Lake Victoria and which are members of the regional East African Community (EAC), a regional economic community, are focusing more on increasing aquaculture investments as a source of seafood to meet growing fish demand.
“With stagnating production from capture fisheries against rising demand for fish in domestic, regional and international markets, aquaculture presents a great opportunity to provide the much-needed fish supplies,” said Vincent Bamulangaki, former Ugandan Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.
The case for farmed fishing in Eastern Africa also has been strengthened by an emerging trend where output of capture fisheries, especially from Lake Victoria, has been on a downward trend recently.
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