Fishing and livestock farming

1. Legal framework

The Investment Code (See Law n° 004/2002 of 21/02/2002).

The new Investment Code has the following objectives:

Promote the establishment of civil engineering companies responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads and highways as well as those involved in the public transportation of people and goods, whether by land, river or air;
Promote investments that will develop agriculture and agro-industry through mechanization with a view to ensuring food self-sufficiency in order to reduce imports of basic products and increase incomes in rural communities, improve the supply of raw materials to the food-processing industry and expand the internal market for consumer goods;
Fostering heavy investment to establish a solid industrial base on which sustainable economic growth will be based;
Fostering investment in the development of domestic natural resources at home in order to increase their value added and exportable volume.

Decree No. 13/049 of 06/10/2014 on the tax regime applicable to companies eligible for the Strategic Partnership on the value chain.

The purpose of the above-mentioned Decree is to establish a development tax as an integral part of the legal framework for economic promotion and the revival of national industrial units capable of improving the living conditions of national communities.

2. Potentials

2.1. Fishing

The fisheries sector includes marine fisheries, inland fisheries and aquaculture. Marine production comes from a small coastline about 40 km long wedged between Angola and the Republic of Congo, with an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covering an estimated area of 1,150 km².

Freshwater fishery resources populate the country’s many lakes, swamps and floodplains fed by the rich hydrographic system of the Congo Basin.

Aquaculture is mainly based on subsistence family fish farming in which the cultivation of Tilapias and catfish is preponderant despite the potential for breeding other species.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a significant fishing potential, estimated at more than 707,000 tons of annual production.

A potential linked mainly to its vast hydrographic network and its relief favorable to the development of fish farming. The development of fisheries is therefore a priority in the fight against food insecurity, as fish can easily supplement the animal protein needs of the poorest populations.

Current annual production, essentially small-scale and continental, is about 240 000 tons, i.e. about 30% of the potential. Because of the short length of the coast, catches of marine origin are modest and estimated at around 2% of total production since the 1980s, with only 6 000 tons.

This total production corresponds to an average annual consumption of 5.5 kg per inhabitant. All of this production comes from artisanal fishing using pirogues and beach seines.

The Wagenia fishery in the Tshopo Province

Table n°1: Potential of the lakes in DR Congo

N°	Lakes	Geomorphological data
1.	Atlantic Coast	- Surface area: + 820 km², - Altitude: 0 m (at sea level) - Length: 40 km - Potential: 6,000 tons per year, but current production is estimated at 3,800 tons. - Catches are mainly composed of the following species: gulidochromis, white shark, sole, perch, conger eel, captain, barracuda.
2.	Lake Tanganyika	- Total area: 32900 km². - Congolese part:14,800 km²,(45%);Tanzania:13,500 km²,(41%); Burundi: 2,600 km²(8%); Zambia: 2,000 km²(6%) - Altitude: 773 m - Maximum depth: 1,436 m; minimum: 700 m - Average depth: 570 m - Length: 680 km - Width: 7 km - PH: 7.6 at swamp level and reaches 9.5 at full water level - Total potential: 300,000 to 1,000,000 tons/year - Temperature: 25°c - Oxygenation limit: North Basin: 80 m, South Basin: 150 m - The catches are mainly made up of pelagic species, 75% of which are stolothrissatanganicae, 10% limnthrissamiodon and 15% lates, luciolates and other species.
3.	Lake Kivu	- Surface area: 2,700 km², of which 1,700 km² (63%) for DR Congo - Altitude: 1,463 m - Temperature: 24.5°C, 25.5°C - PH: varies between 6.5-9.3 - Length: 89 km - Width: 48 km - Average depth: 285 m, maximum; 485 m - Annual production potential: 7,000 to 19,000 tons/year for the Congolese part. - Species: Bariliusubangensis, Barbus, clarias, Tilapia and Hyplochromis, Stolotrissatanganycae.

N°	Lakes	Geomorphological data
4.	Lake Edouard	- Surface area: 1,940 km², of which 1,630 km² from DR Congo, (84%), Uganda: 310 km² (16%) - Altitude: 916 m - Length: 90 km - Average width: 40 km - Potential: 13,000 tons to 16,000 tons/year - Average depth: 30 m, maximum: 117 m - Species: The fish fauna is mainly composed of Tilapia (60%), Protopterus (10%), Bagrus (10%), Clarias (10%), Barbus (5%), Miscellaneous (5%). The number of fishermen is currently estimated at 1,600, while the constraint in this body of water is represented by the shortage of fishing equipment and the lack of processing and conservation infrastructures; as well as appropriate means of transport.
5.	Lake Albert	- Surface area: 5,270 km², of which 2,420 km² (40%) for the DR Congo and 2,850 km² (54%) for the Ugandan part - Altitude: 618 m - Length: 160 km - Width: 35 km - PH: varies between 8.5 and 9.3 - Average depth: 25 m, maximum: 56 m - Surface temperature, water temperatures can reach 30°C while the bottom temperature is 22.5°C. - The potential of the lake is estimated at 30,000 tons/year for the part of the DR Congo. - The catches shall consist essentially of the following species: idrocyon, baremos, lates, tilapia and bagrus.
6.	Lake Moero	- Surface area: 4,650 km² of which 1950 km² (42%) for the DR Congo. - Potential: 12,000 tons/year - Altitude: 930 m - Exploited species: Tilapia macrochir (80%), Clarias, Synodontis, Barbus altivelis and the Mormyridae.
7.	The Kamalondo Depression	- Surface area: 6,256 km². - Altitude: 574 m - Length: 250 km - The exploitable potential of this depression is estimated at 30,000 tons/year, but current production is estimated at 17,000 tons/year. - The catches shall consist essentially of the following species: idrocyon, baremos, lates, tilapia, protopterus and bagrus..

Table n°2: Main fish-bearing reaches

N°	PROVINCES	REACH	FISHING ZONES
1.	Former Bandundu Province	Lake Maï-Ndombe	Inongo, Kolobeke, Mushie
1.	Former Bandundu Province	Congo River	Bolobo-Kwamuth
2.	Former Equateur Province	Lac Tumba	Bikoro
2.	Former Equateur Province	Congo River	Bumba-Lukolele
3.	Former Katanga province	Luapula Moero Complex	Kilwa, Pweto, Kasenga
		Lake Tshangalele	Mwandingusha
		Lake Nzilo	Seke
		Lake Tanganyika	Moliro, Moba, Kalemie
		Congo River	Kongolo, Kabalo, Bukama
4.	Former Province Orientale	Lac Albert	Kasenyi, Tsomia, Mahagi-port
4.	Former Province Orientale	Congo River	Kisangani-Isangi
5.	Sud-Kivu	Lake Tanganyika	Baraka, Uvira
5.	Sud-Kivu	Lake Kivu	Kalehe, Kazima, Nzula, Minova, Katana
6.	Nord-Kivu	Lake Edouard	Kyavinyonge, Vitshumbi
7.	Maniema	Congo River	Kindu
8.	Former Kasaï Occidental Province	Kasaï Occidental Reach	Bambane, Mapangu, Lodi, Eila, Port Ilumbe, Butala, Bokila, KasaïMwala, Kambuyi, Kambulu, Ilebo
9.	Former Kasaï OrientalProvince	Kasai Oriental Reach	Lubilanji, Lomami, Tshiofa
10.	Former Bas-Congo Province	Congo River	Mpioka-Luozi, Boma-Estuaire
10.	Former Bas-Congo Province	Atlantic Ocean	Banana, Moanda, N’siamfumu
11.	Former Kinshasa Province	Congo River	Pool Malebo

Source: General information on the main fishing areas Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, Directorate of Fisheries, Kinshasa, Sept. 2002.

2.2 Livestock

The DR Congo has a potential of 40 million head of livestock. However, the Congolese national livestock is very diversified and dominated by goats in terms of head of animals: 11% cattle, 14% sheep, 15% pigs and 60% goats.

However, it should be noted that because of its tolerance to Trypanosomiasis, goats are reared in all provinces of the DRC. On the strength of this advantage, the DRC is a candidate for the creation of a center of research excellence for the improvement of goat productivity in East and Central Africa within the framework of the ECAAT project (Transformation of Agriculture in East and Central Africa) with the support of the World Bank.

Table n°2:Livestock numbers by species

SPECIES	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Cattle	794 773	842 453	893 006	946 585	1 003 378	1 005 385
Sheep	904 080	904 984	905 889	906 794	907 700	909 515
Goats	4 052 161	4 085 287	4 064 322	4 070 416	4 074 482	4 082 631
Pigs	977 379	981 158	984 952	988 461	992 584	994 569
Poultry	20 067 452	20 127 655	20 188 039	20 248 604	20 308 997	20 349 615

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Department (SNSA), Kinshasa, 2016.

Table n°3: Livestock numbers Cattle by province

PROVINCES	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Kinshasa	794	842	893	946	1 003	1005
Kongo-Congo	67 476	71 524	75 816	80 365	85 187	85357
Former Bandundu Province	161 418	171 102	181 369	192 251	203 786	204194
Former Equateur Province	4 928	5 224	5 537	5 869	6 221	6233
Former Province-Orientale Province	217 768	230 832	244 683	259 364	274 925	275475
Maniema	79	84	89	94	100	100
Nord-Kivu	77 809	82 477	87 426	92 671	98 231	98427
Sud-Kivu	88 618	93 934	99 571	105 545	111 877	112101
Former Katanga Province	125 495	133 023	141 006	149 466	158 434	158751
Former Kasaï-Occidental Province	32 903	34 877	36 970	39 188	41 539	41622
Former Kasaï-Oriental Province	17 485	18 534	19 646	20 825	22 075	22119
Total	794 773	842 453	893 006	946 585	1 003 378	1005385

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Department (SNSA); Kinshasa, 2016.

2.3. Market data

1. Fishing

The presence of a few private companies that carry out semi-industrial fishing activities, namely:
- BOSSA GRAND OCEAN: Chinese company that operates on the Atlantic Coast;
- MULTI INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OF KINSHASA, etc.
A significant part of the market exists because domestic demand is largely met by imports.

2. Livestock

The presence of a few private companies that carry out breeding activities such as the N’SelePresidential Farm, the Kavima Plantation and Livestockfarming at Mont-Ngafula, etc.
No entry barriers for new investors in this sector, etc.

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