MASTER PLAN FOR FISHERIES AND FISH FARMING IN RWANDA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCES 09/04/2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................... II LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................ IV LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ V ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................... VI ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................... VII FORWARD ...................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... IX 1 OVERVIEW OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN RWANDA .........................................................1 1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 NATIONAL FISH DEMAND ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 FISH PRODUCTION IN RWANDA .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.3.1 Capture Fisheries in Rwanda ................................................................................................................ 3 1.3.2 Aquaculture ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 STATE OF AQUACULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................................. 6 1.4.1 Global and Regional Aquaculture Growth ........................................................................................... 7 1.5 RWANDA’S AQUATIC RESOURCE BASE ..................................................................................................................... 8 1.5.1 Lakes ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.5.2 Rivers ................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.5.3 Underground Water ............................................................................................................................ 10 1.5.4 Water Resource Reserves .................................................................................................................... 10 1.5.5 Environmental Status of the Hydrological Network .......................................................................... 10 1.6 FISH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................ 11 1.6.1 Cage production .................................................................................................................................. 11 1.6.2 Tank based Aquaculture production .................................................................................................. 18 1.6.3 Aquaculture Parks ............................................................................................................................... 26 1.6.4 Capture Fisheries ................................................................................................................................. 27 1.7 INPUTS, PROCESSING AND MARKETING ................................................................................................................. 28 1.7.1 Inputs Supply ....................................................................................................................................... 28 1.7.2 Fishery Products, Processing and Marketing ..................................................................................... 29 1.8 INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY .................................................................................................... 31 1.8.1 Administration and Regulation .......................................................................................................... 31 1.8.2 Research Institution ............................................................................................................................ 32 1.8.3 Training ............................................................................................................................................... 32 1.8.4 Advisory Services ................................................................................................................................. 33 1.8.5 Policy and Legal Framework ............................................................................................................... 33 1.9 SUMMARY OF CONSTRAINTS TO DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR IN RWANDA ........................... 34 2. THE MASTER PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN RWANDA 2011 – 2020 ............................................................................................................................ 36 2.1 PREAMBLE ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 2.2 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE ...................................................................................................................................... 36 2.3 PRODUCTIONS AND TARGETS ............................................................................................................................... 40 2.4 NEED FOR PARADIGM SHIFT ................................................................................................................................. 41 3 THEMATIC AREA ONE .............................................................................................................. 43 ii PROPOSED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, SPORT FISHING, INPUTS, MARKETS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 43 3.1 DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE BASED AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES SYSTEMS ................................................................. 43 3.1.1 Cage Production Systems .................................................................................................................... 43 3.1.2 Tanks Based Aquaculture.................................................................................................................... 45 3.1.3 Aquaculture Parks ............................................................................................................................... 47 3.1.4 Ornamental Fish Rearing .................................................................................................................... 49 3.1.5 Development of Sustainable Capture Fisheries .................................................................................. 49 3.1.6 Sport fishing – Lake Muhazi ................................................................................................................ 54 3.2 INPUT SUPPLY FOR COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE ..................................................................................................... 56 3.2.1 Seed ..................................................................................................................................................... 56 3.2.2 Feed ..................................................................................................................................................... 58 3.3 INPUT SUPPLY OTHER THAN FEED AND SEED ............................................................................................................ 59 3.4 FISH MARKETING, PROCESSING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 59 3.5 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ................................................................................................................................... 61 4 THEMATIC AREA TWO ............................................................................................................. 63 CREATING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESOURCES IN RWANDA ......................................................................................................... 63 4.1 FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 63 4.2 RESEARCH AND ADVISORY SERVICES ..................................................................................................................... 64 4.3 TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................................ 67 4.3.1 The Short Term ...................................................................................................................................