Luomba Joseph
Paul Onyango
IIFET Conference 16-20 th July 2012
Kilimanjaro Hotel, Dare-s salaam,
Tanzania

Under exploited and poorly handled
-Regarded “inferior good” despite high nutritional value
-” Unbankable ” by financial institutions
- Least researched, regulated and supported fishery
Major employer in the fishery
-Abundant in biomass over 50% and catches btn
40-50%
-Support national and regional trade
-Major source of protein to poor/middle income earners & animal feed industries .

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What do we know about the fishery?

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• Besides, 4 crews there are also 5 people involved processing. in the
• At trading level, there are
6 people involved in loading and repackaging fish into sacks.
• While the number of small scale traders, boat
& gear makers and repairers not known .
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
2008
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2010
No. of fishers
Dagaa fishers

Estimated investment & returns from fishery
Totals (USD) Fishery
Investment costs
Unit costs (USD)
Boat
Engine
Nets
Lamps
Other equipment's
1910.7
2548
573.2
19
127.4
Totals
Operating costs/f. season 115
Estimated Returns
Good months
Bad months
(9.87*17*5)
(7.32*17*6)
1910.7
2548
573.2
76.4
127.4
5 235.7
1400*
838.95
746.64
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 Based on cost benefit analysis, income increases ay you move along the chain
Category of fisher A.V Income per month Gov’t employment
TZS about 174,000 Fishers (good month)
(bad month)
Domestic trader
Regional trader
TZS 265,108 .00
TZS 196,615.00
TZS 449,560.00
TZS 541,776.00
We do not know unrecorded amount !!!!
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Revenue to local government
1,200,000,000
1,000,000,000
800,000,000
600,000,000
400,000,000
200,000,000
0
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
What the tenderers remains with & information not recorded are not known!!!
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40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
-
350,000.00
300,000.00
250,000.00
200,000.00
150,000.00
100,000.00
50,000.00
-
Aug-
05
Feb-
06
Aug-
06
Feb-
07
Aug-
07
Tonnes
Feb-
08
Aug-
08
Feb-
09
Aug-
09
DA
HA
NP
TL
Nile perch
Dagaa
Haplo

• Dagaa offers huge potential for wealth generation due to it’s abundance. However ;
• There are a lot of unrecorded, undocumented information.
• Little recognition has been given to the fishery.
• Recommended quality standard for the fishery not fully implemented.
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Demand for fisheries products is expected to rise in the future. Based on current demand, another 27 million tonnes of fish would be needed to maintain the present level of per capita consumption in 2030. FAO
(2010).
Developing countries – where the population is projected to increase from 5.6 billion in
2009 to 7.9 billion by 2050 and an additional 250 million to 310 million people will be urbanized by 2015 – are expected to be the main drivers of future consumption growth.

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Micro-financing the fishery
Data collection & documentation improvements
Quality improvements on board
Up-scaling value addition
Market facilities upgrade
Industrialization of post harvest activities

POTENTIAL FISHERY
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