Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2024

July 2 - 5, 2024

Surabaya, Indonesia

THE CURRENT FISH PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF LAKE TANA: SURVEY

Tariku Hailu , Minwyelet Mingist , Alemken  Berihun, Birtukan Tsegaye and Yibeletal Aynalem

 College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, PO. Box. 79

Email: tahailu21@gmail.com     Phone: +251931165301



There are three commercially important sh species in  Lake Tana; African Cat sh, Nile tilapia and Labeobarbus spp.; which are available in whole fish or in the form of semi-processed products (fillet, gutted and dried fish). The fish from Lake Tana is harvested by motorized boats and tanqua . The fisher men are from different cooperatives /organized groups and individual fisher men. The harvested fish will be collected by traders from different location, cooperatives/Tana No. 1 Cooperative and FPME (Fish Processing and Marketing Enterprise) . Tana number 1 cooperative and FPME are the major suppliers and processers of fish from Lake Tana. The major sh processing methods are gutting and lleting.  The gutted and lleted fish products are sold in Bahir Dar and Addis Abeba markets while the lleted cat sh is dried for sun drying or salting to be sold for Sudanese market and other regional and outside the region markets in the lowland areas.  The traders supply fish for hotels, restaurants, other traders and consumers in the local market, Addis Abeba market, Sudan and other part of the country. As a result of the seasonality of the fisheries practice, the price of fish and fish products depends on season. Not only the season but also the price of fish and fish products fish species and the product type. Nile Tilapia accounts the highest price, the Labeobarbus  spp.  and African cat fish follows respectively.