Tanzania has a total size of 945,037 square kilometers. Freshwater cover is predicted to be 54,337 square kilometers, or around 6.1 percent of the country’s total surface area. The country has a 64,000-square-kilometer Territorial Sea, a 223,000-square-kilometer Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and a 1,424-kilometer stretch of Indian Ocean coastline, as well as other inland water bodies (major and minor lakes, rivers, dams, ponds, and wetlands) covering about 5,000 square kilometers. Lake Victoria (shared with Kenya and Uganda), Lake Tanganyika (shared with Burundi, DRC, and Zambia), and Lake Nyasa are the country’s three major interior lakes (shared with Malawi and Mozambique). Establishment of fishing port and fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone,
- Establishing sophisticated fishing boat building yards and fish processing units.
- Establishment of eco-tourism and dry-docking facilities.
- Mafia Island has around 3000 hectares suited for shrimp cultivation.
- Commercial fish cage culture in both marine and freshwater environments
- Freshwater species such as Tilapias, African Catfish, Rainbow Trout, and Freshwater Prawns • Cultured species such as Mud crabs, Oysters, Grouper, and Scallops for mariculture
- Formulated fish feeds and live fish food production (eg. Earthworms)
- Deep sea fishing, fish processing, value addition in fish and other fisheries products, cold chain, fishing equipment and accessory manufacture
- Establishing sophisticated fishing boat building yards and fish processing units.
- Establishment of eco-tourism and dry-docking facilities.
- Mafia Island has around 3000 hectares suited for shrimp cultivation.
- Commercial fish cage culture in both marine and freshwater environments
- Freshwater species such as Tilapias, African Catfish, Rainbow Trout, and Freshwater Prawns • Cultured species such as Mud crabs, Oysters, Grouper, and Scallops for mariculture
- Formulated fish feeds and live fish food production (eg. Earthworms)
- Tanzania generated US$ 195.2 million per year from fish and fisheries goods exports between 2005 and 2010.
- Lake Victoria (shared with Kenya and Uganda), Lake Tanganyika (shared with Burundi, DRC, and Zambia), and Lake Nyasa are the country’s three major interior lakes (shared with Malawi and Mozambique).
