Government of Malawi

Machinga district fisheries sector

annual progress report (April
2022-March 2023)

By
Evance Samikwa
Government of Malawi

Presentation layout
 Introduction
 Sector goal
 Strategic objectives
 Funding
 Major achievements
 Major Challenges
 Conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 Introduction
Government of Malawi

Machinga district fisheries sector operates as one of the sectors under

Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources directorate. The sector
anticipates to provide regulatory and extension services to both capture
fisheries and fish farming sections of the Sector.
Goal of the Sector
Sustainable increase in fisheries and aquaculture productivity, for
accessible nutritious food and increased contribution to economic growth
for the people of Machinga and the entire nation.
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Strategic objectives
 To increase annual fish production from both capture fisheries and small-scale
fish farming to meet the ever-increasing demand
 To strengthen participatory fisheries management regimes in order to conserve
and manage the resources
 To reduce fish post-harvest losses
 To increase per capita fish consumption
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Funding
 Apart from getting adhoc support from projects like TRANSFORM and Sustainable
Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Watershed Management (SFAD-WM) etc.
ORT was the main source of funds for the sector during 2022/2023 fiscal

 The Sector had an approved ORT budget amounting to MK4, 831,363.00, it was
revised to MK 3, 935,686.00. From the month of April 2022 to March 2023.Out of
this only MK 1,907,393 has been accessed. Which represents 48.6 % usage of the
total budget for the financial year.
 Fisheries sector funding allocation for 12
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months period (2022/2023)

NO MONTH FUNDING (MK) UTILIZATION
1
April 599, 734.00 599, 734.00
2 May 368, 906.42 368, 906.42
3 June 345, 650.00 345, 650.00
4
July 453,906.00 453,906.00
5
August 378,906.00 378,906.00
6
September 892,906.00 892,906.00
7
October 184, 453.00 184, 453.00
8 November 210, 453.00 210, 453.00
9
December 149, 453.00 149, 453.00
10
January 122, 401.71 122, 401.71
11
February 47, 227.00 47, 227.00
12
March 181,680.00 181,680.00
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Major Sector achievements 2022/2023 year

Capture Fisheries
 collected and compiled fish
catch data from Lake Chiuta and
Machinga side of Lake Chilwa
(4451.9 metric tons) feeding
into the fisheries national
production data.
 Conducted 3 fisheries rules and
regulation enforcement patrols
in Lake Chiuta and Lake Chilwa.
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Major Sector achievements 2022/2023………

 Conducted 2022 Annual

fisheries frame survey.
 Collected fishing gear
licensing revenue amount to
K508,000.00 deposited into
account number 1.
 Organized and reactivated 3
capture fisheries
associations.
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Major Sector achievements 2022/2023…….

Fish farming
 Collected fish harvest data
from fish farmers (2065
kilograms) feeding into the
fisheries national production
data.
 Conducted fish farming
profiling in the district after it
was lastly done in 2017.
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Major Sector achievements 2022/2023….

Fish farming
 facilitated the construction of
5 fish ponds.
 Stocked the constructed fish
ponds with 37400 fish
fingerings .
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Major Sector achievements 2022/2023 ……

Fish farming
 Trained 113 farmers (34
M,79 F) in the basic
principle of fish farming ,fish
processing ,fish
marketing ,integrated
aquaculture agriculture ,pond
management and record
keeping among others .
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Main Challenges
 Low Annual Budgetary Allocation
The sector is only receiving funds to carter for fish farming, nothing of
capture fisheries.
 Inadequate Transport
The sector has only two (2) motorcycles running, 1 used by the District
Fisheries Officer and 1 in Lake Chilwa (Mposa Minor stratum). which
means 3 minor strata in the district has no Motor cycles, which makes the
fisheries data collection and extension activities to be difficult.
No boat to conduct fisheries rules and regulation patrols on the lake
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Conclusion

Machinga district fisheries sector has a huge potential to

develop and contribute positively to social economic
development of the district.But if the issue of under funding
remains unresolved,the sector will continue lagging behind.
Government of Malawi

Acknowledgements
 Transform Project
 Cadecom Zomba Diocese
 Sustainable Fisheries Aquaculture and watershed
Management Project
Government of Malawi

Thank you