Tanzania plans to procure 320 new fishing boats to transform fisheries industry

DAR ES SALAAM, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities said on Monday plans are afoot to procure 320 new modern fishing boats for small and middle-scale fishermen in a move aimed at transforming the fisheries industry.

Mashimba Ndaki, the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, told parliament in the capital Dodoma that the procurement of the fishing boats is part of the government's intention to transform the fisheries sector and enable it to contribute to the national economic growth.