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Aquaculture in Uganda - challenges and opportunities -. Patrick Sorgeloos. Laboratory for Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center. Presentation for his Excellency President Museveni, Kampala August 29, 2009. Lake Katwe, W-Uganda. solar saltwork (salina)
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Aquaculture in Uganda - challenges and opportunities - Patrick Sorgeloos Laboratory for Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center Presentation for his Excellency President Museveni, Kampala August 29, 2009
solar saltwork (salina) Port Araya, Venezuela Urmia Salt Lake Iran
ARTEMIA female brine shrimp male brine shrimp 1 cm
Artemia cyst accumulation on the beach of the Great Salt Lake (Utah-USA)
0.5 mm dehydrated Artemia cysts in dormancy state
Artemia hatching instar I nauplius
Artemia Reference Center established in 1978 upon suggestion of the FAO
Artemia dispersion birds - wind - man
N Brazil : first successful inoculation April 1977 Macau, RN - Brasil inoculation of Artemia franciscana in local saltwork
first harvest of Artemia cysts in Macau (RN-Brazil) in August 1977
Southeast Asia : monsoon climate
As of early ’80s several new commercial sources of Artemia cysts
Artemia cyst consumption ornamental fish fish shrimp 1990 > 1,500 tons • < 100 tons 1980 < 100 tons 1995 > 1,500 tons 2009 > 3,000 tons
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium
ARTEMIA biomass Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium
1980’s : biomass production and harvesting in seasonal saltponds in the Philippines and in Thailand use in nursery feeding of milkfish, sea bass, prawn and shrimp
Bohai Bay biggest solar salt production in the world
ARTEMIA biomass harvesting from salt ponds in PR China Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium
ARTEMIA biomass feeding to shrimp ponds in PR China Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium
FEED AND FEEDING FOR PANGASIUS SPECIES In Vietnam - Home-made feed - Rice bran, soybean meal, trash fish - Cooked and wet feed - Food conversion ratio: 3-4
Inventory/analytical phase - identification mission to W-Uganda crater lakes- hydrological data / water analyses - Artemia strain selection: lab and field testing Training phaseMMU staff to Mekong delta artisanal saltpond field in Vietnam Testing/demonstration phase “W-Uganda integrated aquaculture development” project proposal- Artemia farms (cooperatives) – cysts and biomass- fish hatcheries (use of fresh Artemia products): fry for Uganda farms and for export to neighboring countries- salt production for human consumption (UNIDO project)- cage farming of fish in crater lakes Feasibility of Artemia production in saline lakes in W-Ugandacooperation project Mountains of the Moon University, Ghent University-Belgium and Can Tho University-Vietnam
Thank you, Excellency President Museveni