00:00More than a dozen rivers, including the Chinooka, run through Pont Noir, the economic capital of Congo.
00:07Many are unusable because of pollution and other challenges.
00:11With the Food and Agriculture Organization calling for innovation to feed future generations,
00:16land-based fish farming is emerging as an alternative.
00:19We're operating right in the city using tanks and ponds.
00:23This makes it easier to harvest fish and monitor them.
00:26Under the traditional system, you might put 1,000 fingerlings in a natural pond.
00:31Six months later, when you return to harvest them, you may find that only 100 or 200 fish remain.
00:38Congo is already facing a shortage of marine and freshwater fish, partly due to overfishing.
00:45Freshwater fish has become scarce and expensive, so we have no choice but to rely on frozen fish.
00:51Congo is already facing a shortage of marine and freshwater fish, partly due to overfishing.
01:00Through this course, we need to produce fish feed locally.
01:04The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that Congo Brazzaville produces nearly 1,500 tons of farmed fish each year.
01:12Thank you so much.
01:12I will take care of it.
01:13So that's why I was able to understand the situation.
