Menongue – Angolan head of State João Lourenço Friday evaluated the functioning of the Larviculture and Fattening Center of Missombo, in south-east province of Cuando Cubango.
On the second and last day of his visit to the region, João Lourenço, got in touch with the breeding areas and the fish fattening reservoirs.
Built in an area of eight hectares by the Israeli contractor Mitrelli over two years, the project worth US$14 million, has 36 metallic reservoirs, 20 meters of diameter, with capacity for more than 20,000 fish.
The Larviculture Center of Missombo commune has the entire production chain, from the production of fingerlings to fattening, a process that takes the fish to reach the necessary dimensions for commercialisation.
The infrastructure, with the capacity to produce 3,500 fingerlings (fish larvae), has a fish processing area, a fish processing factory and an ice factory, and 16 greenhouses for tilapia reproduction.
Freezing and conservation refrigerators, fishmongers, warehouses, cafeteria, offices and laboratories, as well as residences for technicians, are part of the production chain.
According to the official, the centre, which also has a factory that can produce up to 400 kilogrammes of feed per hour, to feed the fish in production twice a day, will also sell fish in fillets.
The first fingerlings were launched between August and December 2019 and, at the moment, weigh between 350 and 500 grams, which is considered the ideal size for marketing and consumption.
The operation of the Missombo Larviculture and Fattening Center, located 18 kilometers east of the city of Menongue, created 28 direct jobs for youth from various parts of Cuando Cubango.
