We have initiated a commercially viable fish production venture though the establishment of aquaculture (fish farming) ?clusters?, each consisting of a central management farm and a network of satellite farming systems, which will benefit from economies of scale through their collaboration.
The fish produced will be canned in order to increase shelf life and sold at an affordable price in order to fill the enormous gap caused by the reduction in the annual pilchard quota.
The net result will be poverty alleviation, through the creation of sustainable self-employment for rural women and pro-poor economic growth, whilst simultaneously producing an affordable, nutritional, food source for low income groups. In addition, the introduction of this ?pilchard replacement? will decrease reliance on wild fish stock and thus allow the numbers time to recover