Tanzania Fish Processors Ltd - Mwanza

Tanzania Fish Processors Ltd was incorporated in October 1992 as a Limited Liability Company in Mwanza, Tanzania, with the objective of processing and exporting Nile Perch Fillets.

The company commenced semi-processing of Nile Perch for export to Kenya during 1993 and full fledged processing for export world-wide in September 1994. It is the largest processor of Nile Perch in this region with an installed capacity of 15,000 MT of fish fillet per annum.

Once Filleting has taken place, the by products - Chest, Bladder, Oil and trip waste is removed for consumption in the regional market. The Fish Bones and Head are supplied to the Fish Meal processing companies. In addition the same is also used for production of "Omega 3" Oil. As can be seen, all the parts of the fish thus gets utilized/consumed during the process.