Title Page
Contents
Abstract 9
Chapter 1. Introduction 11
1.1. Introduction 11
1.1.1. Background 11
1.1.2. Concept of biosecurity in aquaculture 12
1.1.3. Aquaculture in Democratic Republic of Congo 14
1.2. Statement of the problem 15
1.3. Objectives 17
1.3.1. Main objective 17
1.3.2. Specific objectives 17
Chapter 2. Research Methods 18
Chapter 3. Results and Discussion 23
3.1. Aquaculture in DR Congo 23
3.1.1. Aquaculture history and general overview 24
3.1.2. Farming systems distribution and characteristics 25
3.1.3. Aquaculture governance 26
3.1.4. Animal health management 28
3.2. Biosecurity concept in aquaculture 29
3.3. Identified biosecurity issues in DR Congo's aquaculture 31
3.4. Integrating biosecurity in DR Congo's aquaculture 32
3.4.1. National aquaculture biosecurity 33
3.4.2. Farm level of biosecurity 44
3.4.3. Summary 55
3.5. Limitations of the study 58
Chapter 4. Conclusion and recommendations 59
4.1. Conclusion 59
4.2. Recommendations 60
4.2.1. Short term recommendations 60
4.2.2. Mid-term and Long term recommendation 61
References 63
Table 1. examples of documents reviewed 19
Fig. 1. Uganda and Ghana aquaculture production 16
Fig. 2. DR Congo map 23
Fig. 3. DR Congo's aquaculture production 25
Fig. 4. Aquaculture institutional framework 27
Fig. 5. INERA stations 37
Fig. 6. Scene of community harvesting a pond 52
Fig. 7. Proposed model for building a sustainable aquaculture in DR Congo 56
Fig. 8. Summarized biosecurity framework for DR Congo's aquaculture 57