Fishing in Uganda and areas where it is carried out
Answer Text: Fishing in Uganda- Inland fishing grounds include lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert, George, Edward, Katwe and in rivers Nile, Kagera, Kafu, Semliki and Katonga.- Fishing industry has been interrupted by a long civil strive in the country reducing it to a subsistence economy.- L.Victoria is the main fishing ground, that is 46% of the Lake- Many fishermen own motorised boats enabling them to travel deep into the lake and catch a lot of fish.- Numerous highlands provide anchoring and resting places for fishermen.- The fishermen sell their fish to co-operatives which organise processing and marketing.- The dense population around such as in major towns of Entebbe, Kampala and Njinja provide a ready market for fish.- Fish is also dried and sold in other parts of Uganda.- Fish is popular as a diet of majority of Ugandans.- There are fish processing factories in Njinja where fish is filleted.
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