CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS

Candidates were unable to:

- define fishing gear;
- list the materials required for the smoking of fish;
- name the items used in artificial breeding of fish;
- give examples of integrated fish farming;
- mention the criteria for selecting a site for a fish pond;
- state the differences between the extensive system and the intensive system of aquaculture;
- define subsistence fisheries;
- mention the quality parameters of water in a fish pond and the methods for measuring them;
- list the materials used for packaging fish;
- outline the steps which should be taken to prepare a pond for harvesting;
- mention the activities that should be carried out on fresh fish before smoking;
- mention the ways in which fisheries is important to the economy of the country.