Annual fish harvested from production systems (lakes and rivers) in Uganda is
about 300,000 mt. Fish production from aquaculture contributes about 0.02% (i.e.
less than 100mt) of total fish production. Fish is currently one of the two most
important agricultural export commodities from Uganda with factory-processed
fish (mostly Nile perch) exported mainly to Europe, South East Asia and the
Middle East worth at least USD 100 m annually. Regional fish exports to Kenya,
Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan, DR Congo and some parts of Central Africa are also
important contributing about USD 20m annually. All recorded fish exports rely
heavily (95%) on factory-processed Nile perch with the Nile tilapia increasingly
entering the export market chain. Regional fish exports are more diversified in
terms of species and include Nile tilapia, Nile perch, "mukene", Tiger fish and
"Angara", the last two fished from Lake Albert
