Fish
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News
Teso fishermen warned against invading fish breeding areas
SOROTI– The Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement in the Directorate of Fisheries Resources, Daisy Olyel Aciro has warned fishermen in Teso Sub-region to keep off the fish breeding areas. This comes at a…
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Mbarara market vendors petition authorities over rental fees
MBARARA– A section of Mbarara Central Market vendors have petitioned Mbarara city leadership, saying they cannot afford the monthly rental fees imposed on them by the authorities. According to Priscah Murongo, the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugwere cultural leader urges subjects to embrace poverty eradication programmes
KIBUKU– The Bugwere cultural leader [Ikumbania], His Highness Geoffrey Wayabire has rallied SACCO group leaders from the four districts of Budaka, Kibuku, Butebo, and Pallisa to support and engage their subordinates so…
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Health
Mbarara market vendors fear Ebola outbreak
MBARARA – Following the outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district that has claimed the lives of some people including medical workers, vendors in Mbarara Central Market now fear the deadly disease could…
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Africa
How smoked fish vendors’ co-op is fighting climate change in Gabon
LIBREVILLE –A young woman unloads cases of freshly caught fish from her boat onto the dock of the banks of the Ogooué river near the fish market of Lambaréné in Gabon. Marilou…
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East Africa
Fish farmers concerned over decline in production
KIGALI-The fishing community around Lake Kivu in Rwanda is reporting a sharp decline in sardine fish production for the last three years, reports The New Times. According to Jean-Bosco Sibomana, the coordinator…
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News
Rising prices pushes silverfish vendors in Amuru out of business
AMURU-Olwal silverfish vendors association in Olwal trading center in Lamogi Sub-county in Amuru district have abandoned vending following a sharp increase in prices. A sack of silverfish from Gulu City, where they…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gudie Leisure Farm interests youth in agripreneurship
GULU– A total of 102 youth from Gulu city and Gulu district have completed a six-weeks training in agripreneurship organised by Gudie Leisure Farm [GLF]. The youth during the training were able…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Shs2.7bln fish facility lies idle in Serere district
SERERE– Shs 2.7 billion fish handling facility at Kagwara landing site in Serere district remains unused after being completed 13 years ago. The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] constructed…
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Cooperatives & Communities
High fuel prices threaten Kasese fishing communities
KASESE – As fuel prices continue to soar, fishermen at Kahendero landing site in Kasese district, western Uganda are being hit hard as some have been forced out of the business. According…
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