Mozambique: Namacata aquaculture centre to produce over 10 million fingerlings a year

Zambézia province has taken another step towards developing aquaculture with the inauguration of a fingerling production centre in Namacata administrative post, Nicoadala district. The facility, the result of private investment, has the capacity to produce more than 10 million fingerlings a year.

The facility was inaugurated on Monday (26) by Zambézia Governor Pio Augusto Matos. It aims to improve fish farmers’ access to fingerlings for raising fish in tanks, benefiting producers in Nicoadala and other districts of the province.

AquaFish chief executive André Gonçalves Naume explained that the facility would help boost farmed tilapia production, as well as create employment opportunities for young people.

For his part, provincial director of Agriculture and Fisheries Fernando Namucua highlighted the importance of the facility, which has a specialised laboratory to improve the quality of the fingerlings produced.

On the occasion, Governor Pio Augusto Matos urged the population to embrace initiatives that promote production and economic development in the province.

With the Namacata investment«, Nicoadala now has two fingerling production centres, strengthening the supply capacity available to producers and creating better conditions for the expansion of aquaculture.

The initiative also focuses on the use of innovative technologies to strengthen the sector’s value chain, from fingerling production to fish farming and marketing, with the potential to boost the economies of surrounding communities.