News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue

Issue No.

42

Length of issue (in feet)

1011

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. President of Portugal pays state visit
• 2. In the height of fashion
• 3. for african market only
• 4. Fish to provide sport and food
• 5. Strange Home For Orphans
• 6. More News from mighty kariba

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: A visit to the Nchenachena Fish Hatcheries where Africans are taught Fish Farming and Trout are raised for stocking Nyasaland’s streams.
Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - From the Nyasaland Plateau 8000 ft. up in Nyasaland’s well watered Northern Province tumble the many streams and waterfall. Ideal for trout, many such streams were virtually fishless until the Trout Hatcheries and Inland Fisheries Research Station was established. The Fish Station at Nchenachena owes its success to Mr A. V. Gifkins who still presides and teaches Africans the merits of fish farming as a source of food. Bred under control, Mr Gifkins has considerable faith in the raising, or if you like the farming, of tilepia.
The tilepia is easy to breed and grows to edible size quickly but it is not yet fully known what diseases it is subject to, or the ideal conditions necessary to make it thrive.
The Nchenachena station was fisrt started as a Trout hatchery, the original ova were flown in from Kenya and South Africa several years ago. But nowadays the fingerlings are raised in their thousands from trout grown to maturity here. And under Mr Gifkins’ care, well have they flourished.
Periodically the fishponds are dragged and the fingerlings are netted at a safe period for transporting. The Hatcheries stock suitable streams over quite a large area which entails carrying the young fish for some distance. Once the stream has been checked, in go the fingerlings to start a completely natural existence.
Conditions in Nyasaland are ideal and it can safely boast some of the best trout fishing in Africa. Providing a sport, always popular with tourists, and a further source of food are jobs Mr Gifkins has found most satisfying.

Keywords

Fisheries

Written sources

Movietone boxfile no.1   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Central African Film Unit

Length of story (in feet)

109

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