Patrick Sorgeloos Laboratory for Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center Presentation for his Excellency President Museveni, Kampala August 29, 2009 Aquaculture in Uganda - challenges and opportunities - Aquaculture in Uganda - challenges and opportunities -
Lake Katwe, W-Uganda
solar saltwork (salina) Port Araya, Venezuela Urmia Salt Lake Iran
1 cm female brine shrimp male brine shrimp ARTEMIA
Artemia cyst accumulation on the beach of the Great Salt Lake (Utah-USA)
dehydrated Artemia cysts in dormancy state 0.5 mm
cyst in breaking stage
Artemia hatching instar I nauplius
established in 1978 upon suggestion of the FAO
Natural distribution of Artemia
Artemia dispersion birds - wind - man
N Brazil : first successful inoculation inoculation of Artemia franciscana in local saltwork April 1977 Macau, RN - Brasil
first harvest of Artemia cysts in Macau (RN-Brazil) in August 1977
Southeast Asia : monsoon climate
seasonal salt work in the Philippines
washing / cleaning of fresh cysts with saturated brine
As of early ’80s several new commercial sources of Artemia cysts
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium 1980 < 100 tons 1995 > 1,500 tons Artemia cyst consumption ornamental fish shrimp 1990 > 1,500 tons 1980 < 100 tons 2009 > 3,000 tons
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium
ARTEMIA biomass
1980’s : biomass production and harvesting in seasonal saltponds in the Philippines and in Thailand use in nursery feeding of milkfish, sea bass, prawn and shrimp
biggest solar salt production in the world Bohai Bay
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium ARTEMIA biomass harvesting from salt ponds in PR China
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium ARTEMIA biomass feeding to shrimp ponds in PR China
Lake Katwe, W-Uganda
Crater lakes in W-Uganda
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
FEED AND FEEDING FOR PANGASIUS SPECIES In Vietnam - Home-made feed - Rice bran, soybean meal, trash fish - Cooked and wet feed - Food conversion ratio: 3-4
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium Feasibility of Artemia production in saline lakes in W-Uganda cooperation project Mountains of the Moon University, Ghent University-Belgium and Can Tho University-Vietnam n Inventory/analytical phase - identification mission to W-Uganda crater lakes - hydrological data / water analyses - Artemia strain selection: lab and field testing n Training phase MMU staff to Mekong delta artisanal saltpond field in Vietnam n Testing/demonstration phase n “W-Uganda integrated aquaculture development” project proposal - Artemia farms (cooperatives) – cysts and biomass - fish hatcheries (use of fresh Artemia products): fry for Uganda farms and for export to neighboring countries - salt production for human consumption (UNIDO project) - cage farming of fish in crater lakes
Thank you, Excellency President Museveni