Developper l'aquaculture en Afrique du Sud
Ces élevages devraient permettre de réduire le dépeuplement des bancs de poissons, de créer des emplois et de répondre à la demande. L’Afrique du Sud importe environ 200 000 tonnes de poissons par an.
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SA plans six new aquaculture projects
Source: Engineering News
The South African government will invest R100-million in six new marine aquaculture projects, in the next financial year, the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said on Thursday.
These projects included the establishment of an abalone farm, in Gansbaai, a finfish farm for silver cob or yellow tail in Saldanha Bay, a finfish farm in Qolora, a finfish farm in Sokhulu and the development of a state hatchery in KwaZulu-Natal.
He said that the global demand for fish products had increased in recent years, while the supply from capture fisheries had been decreasing. In contrast, aquaculture production had increased by an average of 9% globally.
"Following the global trends, capture fisheries in South Africa are in decline affecting some 28 000 direct jobs that are located in areas characterized by high unemployment. It is in these areas that a growing marine aquaculture industry could provide additional economic activity," Van Schalkwyk said in a speech delivered at the national summit on subsistence and small scale fisheries, in Port Elizabeth.
South Africa was importing more fish products than it was exporting, and according to studies, some 200 000 t/y of fish, valued at R0,7 billion, was being imported during the period 2000 and 2004.
"Aquaculture presents a good opportunity to diversify fish production to satisfy local demand, export opportunities, and the creation of new jobs," he said.
Currently the marine aquaculture industry in South Africa contributed 0,005% to the country's gross domestic product and provides 1 200 direct jobs.
This, Van Schalkwyk said, was modest when compared with countries like Chile, Norway and Vietnam.
