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FAO / UGANDA FISHERIES
STORY: FAO / UGANDA FISHERIES
TRT: 2.12
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / BANTU / NATS
DATELINE: 15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA / 16 MAY 2013, KIYINDI LANDING SITE, BUIKWE, UGANDA / 17 MAY 2013, GREEN FIELDS LIMITED, FISH PROCESSING FACTORY, ENTEBBE, UGANDA / 17 MAY 2013, CHEMIPHAR LAB, KANSANGA, KAMPALA, UGANDA
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
1. Various shots, boats by the shore
17 MAY 2013, GREEN FIELDS LIMITED, FISH PROCESSING FACTORY, ENTEBBE, UGANDA
2. Close up, workers filleting fish in a processing factory
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
3. Med shot, carriers loading
4. Close up, hygienic water bath for feet
17 MAY 2013, GREEN FIELDS LIMITED, FISH PROCESSING FACTORY, ENTEBBE, UGANDA
5. Shot of fish arriving at a processing factory
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
6. Various shot, carriers loading fish
7. Close up, fish
8. Various shots, inspectors checking fish at landing station
17 MAY 2013, CHEMIPHAR LAB, KANSANGA, KAMPALA, UGANDA
9. Various shots, scientist analyzing fish sample for potential pesticide traces
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
10. Various shots, fisherman pulling in net
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Rhoda Tumbewaze, Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Fisheries:
“The standards are enforced right from the capture of fish, make sure the boats are clean, the fish is handled properly. At landing sites, we have improved structures where fish is landed. We have potable water – see that it’s used for cleaning the places where fish is handled. The transport boats, every time they are transporting the fish, we make sure they have ice. The trucks which collect fish from landing sites to processing plants, they also use ice. And at factory level, we make sure they comply to the standards required: the temperatures, the handling places – all we make sure they comply to the standards. And also the labelling to make sure it can be traced back to where it originated from.”
12. Med shot, workers putting fish down on clean surface
13. Close up, health inspector washing his gloves
14. Close up, health inspector using a thermometer on a fish
16 MAY 2013, KIYINDI LANDING SITE, BUIKWE, UGANDA
15. Various shots, fishermen loading ice onto ice transport ice-boats
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
16. Various shots, loading fish in ice in a truck
17 MAY 2013, GREEN FIELDS LIMITED, FISH PROCESSING FACTORY, ENTEBBE, UGANDA
17. Various shots, workers filleting fish in the factory
18. Close up, checking the temperature of the fish
19. Close up, bagging frozen fillets into plastic bags
20. Various shots, labelling the boxed fish
15 MAY 2013, KALANGALA LANDING STATION ON BUGULA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA
21. Tracking shot, Gertrude Nabukera’s boats
22. Various shots, fishermen collecting up their nets
23. SOUNDBITE (Bantu) Gertrude Nabuker, Landing Site Owner:
“Quality standards of the fish must be promoted. We all know that fish must be kept safe so that consumers don’t have health problems. And then the international market benefits too.”
24. Pan right, ice lorry at landing site
25. Med shot, workers weighing the fish
26. Close up, clerk noting the weight and number
27. Close up, fish in a box
Uganda is a land-locked country. Yet 60 percent of the population’s daily protein requirements come from fish.
As the second largest source of foreign revenue, the fisheries sector makes a vital contribution to the economy. And it’s the implementation of national standards, based on Codex Alimentarius Commission standards, which ensure safe fish for locals and successful export of Ugandan fish all over the world.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Rhoda Tumbewaze, Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Fisheries:
“The standards are enforced right from the capture of fish, make sure the boats are clean, the fish is handled properly. At landing sites, we have improved structures where fish is landed. We have potable water – see that it’s used for cleaning the places where fish is handled. The transport boats, every time they are transporting the fish, we make sure they have ice. The trucks which collect fish from landing sites to processing plants, they also use ice. And at factory level, we make sure they comply to the standards required: the temperatures, the handling places – all we make sure they comply to the standards. And also the labelling to make sure it can be traced back to where it originated from.”
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was founded 50 years ago by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Its objective is to develop harmonized international food standards, guidelines and codes of practice to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
Gertrude Nabukera runs a landing site on Lake Victoria and understands better than most the importance of Codex standards. She started with one paddle boat, and struggled to keep going during an export ban in the 1990s.
But the implementation of national standards revived the sector and now business is booming.
Gertrude has 300 fully equipped vessels and provides employment for hundreds of people.
SOUNDBITE (Bantu) Gertrude Nabuker, Landing Site Owner:
“Quality standards of the fish must be promoted. We all know that fish must be kept safe so that consumers don’t have health problems. And then the international market benefits too.”
It is boosting the economy and the population’s nutritional status - and Uganda’s thriving fisheries sector is paving the way for growth in other agricultural sectors too.
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