Tanzania has set the completion of its first-ever fishing harbour for 2025, boosting the country’s fish revenue in deep seas, a senior official said Wednesday.
While addressing the parliament in the capital of Dodoma, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the construction of the fishing harbour in Kilwa Masoko on the Indian Ocean coastline has reached 42 percent.
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC), a leading Chinese construction company is handling the project. Over 400 local people have secured jobs with the company, according to Tanzania Ports Authority.
Tang Zhen, deputy head of the Eastern Africa Division of the company, said CHEC will do everything possible to ensure Tanzania builds its first-ever fishing harbour, and continuously enhance the bilateral relations between China and Tanzania.
In efforts aimed at improving the fisheries sector, the government has distributed 160 fishing boats worth 11.5 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 4.5 million U.S. dollars) to fisheries cooperatives and individual fishers in 58 district councils, Majaliwa told the House when he tabled his office’s budget proposals for the 2024/2025 financial year.
He said the government has also constructed 222 fish farming cages in Kagera, Geita, Mara, Simiyu, and Mwanza regions, which have been allocated to 1,213 fish farmers.
