National Fishery and

Aquatic Life Research

Center
 Background history
• Dec 1973:- prepared draft of fresh water fisheries research center
• Nov 1974:- Decided the proposed site at Sebeta
• Feb 1975:- Introduced Grass and Silver Carps from Japan
• Apr 1976:- Completed 15 experimental fish ponds by JOCV contribution
• Jul 1976:- Completed a laboratory building by JOCV contribution
• Aug 1976:- Received colored fish resent from Japan
 Background history

• Sep1976:- Introduced Tilapia zillii from Kenya

• Oct 1976:- Started farming of important domestic species
 The establishment
• site area of the center was about 2ha.
• The building include
• concrete block building, 110 msq
• One study room, one office room, one store room, one fish food store room and one
fish food preparation room
• Fifteen 2020 msq ponds (55msq ---6, 90 msq—1, 100 msq ---3, 200 msq—4 and 500
msq---- 1 ponds)
• The water source is a spring water (WT 22 oc pH 7.3 and 8.2 L/sec
• Fish food granulator
 Construction costs
• Building construction-------------------------------------- $ 36, 600
• Ponds construction -----------------------------------------$ 38,600
• Supplementary construction for building----------------- $ 1,500
• Contributed equipment------------------------------------ $ 21,700
• Counterpart equipment----------------------------------- $10,400
Total $ 108,800
 Organization and staff

• Manager 1, driver 1,
• Biologist 1, guard 2,
• Assistant 1,
 Main targets for Development
Fish culture experimentation
• Object fishes: tilapia, common carp, grass carp, silver
carp, catfsh, barbus and others
• Feeding and rearing control experimentation
• nutrition analysis of fish food
• compound food
• growth control
 Main targets for developmet

• Fish disease control

• Environmental control experimentation
• pond management
• water quality and quantity
• pond construction
• Seedling production for culture and releasing
• Spawning control by artificial inducement
 main targets for development
• fish transplantation
• Environmental survey for releasing
• Introduction of suitable exotic species
• transportation experimentation
• investigation for important fishes in inland water
• Stock assessment survey
• Productivity
• life _cycle and ecology
 Main targets for development
• Survey for effective fisheries exploitation
• control of environment
• development of fishing grounds
• fishing control
• Feasibility survey for fish propagation and culture
• Demonstration and distribution for fish propagation
• training of laboratory technicians and extension worker
• Demonstration and instruction of fish culture
• Demonstration of better methods of fish handling and processing
• improvement and control of fishing methods
By :-
Eyob Bezabeh
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Research Coordinator
National fishery and Aquatic Life Research Center
+251924306795
beeebkh143@gmail.com