SmartFish Working Papers No 013 Regional fish trade in eastern and southern Africa‐Products and Markets: A Fish Traders Guide Prepared by Caroline T. Kirema- Mukasa This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author and can in no way reflect the views of the European Union. 2 Figure 1: MAP SHOWING REGIONAL TRADE MOVEMENT OF FRESHWATER FISHERY PRODUCTS WITHIN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA 3 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2. MAJOR COMMERCIAL SPECIES .................................................................................................................. 12 3. SMALL PELAGIC FISHES .............................................................................................................................. 14 3.1. DAGAA ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2. KAPENTA ................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3. NEOBOLA ................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.4. BRYCINUS NURSE .................................................................................................................................. 20 3.5. CHISENSE ................................................................................................................................................. 22 3.6. PERCH FISHES ......................................................................................................................................... 23 3.7. NILE PERCH ............................................................................................................................................. 24 3.8. TANGANYIKA PERCHES ....................................................................................................................... 26 3.9. TILAPIA ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.10. ALESTES ............................................................................................................................................... 31 3.11. AFRICAN CATFISHES ........................................................................................................................ 33 3.12. LUNGFISH ............................................................................................................................................ 35 3.13. TROUT ................................................................................................................................................... 37 3.14. FRESHWATER SHRIMP ...................................................................................................................... 39 3.15. CRAYFISH ............................................................................................................................................ 41 3.16. OTHERS ................................................................................................................................................. 43 4. FISH TRADE ..................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.1. FISHERIES REGULATIONS ................................................................................................................... 45 4.2. DOCUMENTS FOR REGIONAL TRADE ............................................................................................... 46 4.3. MARKETING ............................................................................................................................................ 46 4.4. FISHERY PRODUCTS .............................................................................................................................. 47 4.5. MARKETS ................................................................................................................................................. 47 4.6. MARKETING BASICS ............................................................................................................................. 48 4.7. QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL FISH TRADER ............................................................ 49 4.8. REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD BUSINESS .......................................................................................... 49 5. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................................. 51 6. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................... 52 4 TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Per Capita Fish Consumption in Selected ESA countries – 2008 ................................................ 12 Table 2: Fish production from various Lakes in the ESA Region ............................................................. 13 Table 3: Nutritive values of Dagaa ............................................................................................................. 16 Table 4: Average nutrient composition Neobola bredoi (Muziri) .............................................................. 20 Table 5: Nutritive values of Ragoogi (Brycinus nurse) .............................................................................. 21 Table 6: The nutrition value of frozen crayfish tail meat: .......................................................................... 43 Table 7: Fisheries Regulations ................................................................................................................... 46 Figure 1: Map Showing Regional Trade Movement of Freshwater Fishery Products in East and Southern Africa 3 Figure 2 - Rastrineobola argentea (Silver fish) by (FAO) and Fresh Dagaa (Photo by NaFIRRI) ........... 14 Figure 3:: Dagaa Drying (L), Deepfrying Dagaa (M), Hot Smoking Dagaa (R) ....................................... 16 Figure 4: Stolothrissa tanganicae (L), Smoked Stolothrissa (M), Limnothrissa moidon (R). .................... 17 Figure 5: Fresh Muziri mixed with Ragoogi (L), Fresh Muziri (M), Dried Muziri & Drying Rack(R). ... 18 Figure 6: Ragoogi (L& R); Fried Processed Ragoogi (M) ......................................................................... 20 Figure 7: Dried Chisense (by worldfish) .................................................................................................... 22 Figure 8: Nile perch .................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 9: Salted Nile perch from Tanzania (L), Fillets (M) & Factory processing Nile perch. ................. 25 Figure 10: - Lates stappersii (Source: FAO) .............................................................................................. 26 Figure 11: - Lake Tanganyika Perches ....................................................................................................... 26 Figure 12: Canned Buka Buka (L), By-products of Forktail Lates (M), and Smoked Mukeke (R). .......... 28 Figure 13: Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus (L ) Oreochromis tanganicae (M) and Oreochromis macrochir (R) .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 14: Alestes baremose (Joannis, 1835) (L) Alestes dentex (web.v2,boldsystem.org)(R) ............... 31 Figure 15: Photos of Clarias gariepinus, (L) Hot smoking Clarias in Tanzania (M), Lake Albert Clarias 33 Figure 16: Smoked and fresh gutted Clarias .............................................................................................. 36 Figure 17: Rainbow Trout (Source: Wikipedia 2012) ................................................................................ 37 Figure 18: Caridina nilotica (L), Dried Lake Victoria Caridina nilotica in Kenya (M) & Lake Albert Caradina .................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 19: Microbrachium rosenbigii. Source: maivietbio.com.vn (2008) ............................................... 40 Figure 20: Procambarus clarkii - Louisiana crayfish Prepared Lake Bunyonyi Crayfish (R) ................... 41 Figure 21: Bagrus spp. (Left); Haplochromis spp. (middle); Matacembelidae spp & other spp (right). ... 43 Figure 22: Regional Fish Trade - Flow Chart ............................................................................................. 47 Figure 23: Fish Prices for Chilled and Frozen Fishery Products in Central Market, Bujumbura, Burundi.48 5 Copyright © Indian Ocean Commission The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and the European Union (EU) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers