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Kenya shortage of fish farm experts KENYA’S top fish farms are having to import labour due to a lack of local experts, according to a leading fisheries scientist. Mary Opiyo, of the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), told the Daily Nation that there were numerous opportunities as aquaculture technologies grow. But some farms have closed down because they cannot get the right skills. ‘There are opportunities in cage fish farming, recirculation aquaculture systems, fish breeding and cold water aquaculture, among others,’ she said. ‘Many international organisations, like the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme and African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources, often seek professionals in aquaculture and fisheries,’ she added. There are now more than 4,000 fish cages in Lake Victoria, and Opiyo was instrumental in introducing cage farming into the lake, through a partnership with Dunga Fisheries Co-operative Society back in 2013. ‘I have also been actively involved in training of fish farmers on mono-sex fish production at various hatcheries,’ she said, adding that 90 per cent of hatcheries in the country are now producing mono-sex tilapia. To advance aquaculture in the country, she said
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there needs to be more cage fish farming in Lake Victoria, marine farming at the coast, cold water farming in central Kenya and dry land aquaculture in dry areas. She said there are several fish diseases in Kenya,
but the deadly ones include fungal infections such as saprolegnia, itch disease and pop eye. ‘Farmers also need to be very vigilant when transferring fish from one country to another because of the current threat of tilapia lake virus.’
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