Title Page
Contents
Abstract 12
CHAPTER 1. Introduction 14
1.1. Introduction 14
1.1.1. Background 17
1.1.2. Aquaculture importance in Uganda's social economic development 18
1.1.3. Aquaculture development and Biosecurity management in Uganda 19
1.2. Statement of the problem 21
1.3. Objectives of the study 24
1.3.1. Main objective 24
1.3.2. Specific objective 24
1.4. Conceptual frame work 25
CHAPTER 2. Research Methods 27
2.1. Scope of the study 27
2.2. Study approach 27
2.3. Data collection 28
2.4. Data processing and analysis 30
CHAPTER 3. Results and Discussion 31
3.1. Nile tilapia culture and biosecurity management in Uganda 31
3.1.1. Nile tilapia culture production and development 31
3.1.2. Fish healthy management and food fish safety 53
3.1.3. Shrouded aquaculture hazards in Uganda 60
3.1.4. Aquaculture governance and associated biosecurity issues in Uganda 63
3.1.5. Summary of identified biosecurity issues in Uganda's aquaculture 71
3.2. Towards improving Aquaculture biosecurity in Uganda 72
3.2.1. Farm biosecurity practices 74
3.2.2. National aquaculture biosecurity strategy 101
3.3. Limitations of the Study 118
CHAPTER 4. Conclusion and Recommendation 119
4.1. Conclusion 119
4.2. Recommendations 121
4.2.1. Short term recommendations 121
4.2.2. Medium and Long term recommendations 122
References 123
Appendix 136
Appendix 1. Observation check list (South Korea fish farms) 136
Appendix 2. Interview guide (Uganda Nile tilapia fish farmers) 138
Appendix 3. Interview guide (Uganda Fisheries officers) 139
Table 1. Major sources of aquaculture inputs 41
Table 2. Private aquaculture field schools 50
Table 3. Identified pathogens in hatcheries and grow out farms 57
Table 4. Pesticides levels from Lake Victoria fish samples 59
Fig. 1. Inter relationships between the study variables 25
Fig. 2. FAO aquaculture approved Districts 32
Fig. 3. Growth trajectory of major cultured species 34
Fig. 4. Proportions of important fish disease-pathogen occurrence in East Africa 55
Fig. 5. Poultry-fish integration, at Salaama fish farm 61
Fig. 6. Organizational structure for MAAIF institutional linkages 70
Fig. 7. Proposed Model, farm level biosecurity implementation on commercial farms in Uganda 99
Fig. 8. Proposed model, illustrating national strategy to improve aquaculture biosecurity in Uganda 115