According to Migadde, Uganda’s lakes still have the capacity to recover despite years of overfishing. He attributes the decline largely to the harvesting of immature fish, which prevents natural breeding and replenishment. When Robert Migadde Ndugwa was appointed State Minister for Fisheries, he inherited one of Uganda’s most troubled yet economically important sectors. For years, the […]
“If fishermen want to regain the prosperity they once enjoyed, they must work with the government to clean and protect our lakes. We shall work together to develop this sector,” he pledged. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Robert Migadde Ndugwa, has called on technical officers in the Ministry of Agriculture […]
Uganda on Tuesday issued stringent measures on the fishing of small pelagic fish (mukene) species in all the East African country’s water bodies. Hellen Adoa, the Minister of State for Fisheries, told reporters that the fishing of mukene will only be done using the scoop net fishing method (copacopa) and this should be carried out […]