Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative

Table 22: types and Status of Fisheries Production Systems
Type of
Production
system
Location
Status
Current Potential
production production
Challenges Proposed
Interventions
level level
Aquaculture Meru 3,178 Kgs 10,000 Kgs - Lack of fishing gears -Source of fingerlings
production South
which farmers can use to fish farmers from
(Oerochromis (District
during harvesting of their established hatcheries
niloticus, Clarias Wide)
ponds
-Provide appropriate
gariepinus)
-Lack of GOK
transport to cover the
demonstration ponds where extensive Meru South
farmers can be trained on district.
good fishing methods -Intensify extension
-Inadequate recurrent services to fish
funding which makes farmers
extension work extremely -channels for credit
difficult.
facilities be available
-farmers lack proper lending to fish farmers to
institutions to assist them enable them apply
invest in commercial new farming
farming
techniques
-lack of transport, which is a -Encourage fish
major drawback in
farmers to adopt
programming for extension modern pond
services
construction and
-lack of hybrid fingerlings management
for fish farmers
techniques so as to
compete with other
farm activities
River Capture Meru 9,640 Kgs 27,000 Kgs -Pollution
-Restocking of Rivers
Production South
-Lack of authorized fishing -Sources of loan
(District
gears
facilities
Wide)
-Lack of loan or grant -Provide fishing
facilities
-Rivers not restocked with
fish
gears
-prevent pollution
CHAPTER 6: WATER RESOURCES
6.1 Water Sources
6.1.1 Sources of Water in Meru South
There are two main water sources in the District namely Surface Water and Ground
Water.
Ground water sources include Boreholes, springs and shallow wells mostly found on the
lower part of the district (semi-arid area).
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