Lemma Abera Hirpo
The study was conducted in Lake Babogaya found at Debre Zeit town. It is situated some 45 km in the south east of Addis Ababa with the objectives of generating some baseline information for the economic analysis of capture fishery. Fishing of Oreochromis niloticus was conducted for the period of September 2005 to August 2006 using gillnets of 10 centimeter mesh sizes. The gear was set in the afternoon (05:00 pm) and lifted in the following morning (7.00 am). Then immediately after capture some biological parameters of the fish as well as all inputs that involved in the activities were recorded. After these steps the fish were processed and sold for local markets. The price of fish was varied from 1-3 Birr/head depend on the demand of the product. The result indicated that the total income of the fish was varied between months and. the demand was high between March - April and August 2006. Hence, the study declared that, profitability of capture fishery of the lake was relay with demand of the product in the area.
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