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= Jinja Fish Festival = Jinja Fish Festival is an annual festival held in the Ugandan lake side city of Jinja to create awareness about sustainable fishing in Uganda. It was first hosted in 2018.

History
The first edition of the festival was held in 2018. The second edition was held under the theme: Sustainable fisheries people came from accross the country to participate in this festival, these included: fishery experts, schools, fishing communities, hoteliers and families that love fish. Second edition of the fish festival took place on the 1st December 2019 at forever resort next to Source of the Nile bridge.

Schools quiz
Quiz competitions were carried out on the theme Sustainable fisheries awareness quiz competitions were carried out, Sustainable Fisheries awareness Music Dance and Drama and Art competitions where the schools will be winning a lot of awards, Sustainable Fisheries Photo shoot competitions where the general public can participate and take photos either with their phones or cameras and the winners will walk away with amazing prizes, children are well catered for with a well-equipped play area.

Fish cooking competion
Several restruarants participate in the fish cooking competitions and Ugandans are given a chance to taste several fish dishes and sources. They also learn to prepare

to try some but also to learn more about the resource. The public will have an opportunity to explore which fish comes from Lake Victoria including the popular Nile perch which is currently the fish fetching the highest foreign exchange towards Uganda’s economy. Besides that, the ways fish is prepared seem endless, get inspired for your own kitchen at home and try something new at the festivalstivals.

Exhibitions
A number of exhibitions are displayed during the festival event in the various aspects of the Fisheries and Aquaculture industry like Fisheries technologies, Hoteliers, Small Medium Enterprises in Fisheries. Stakeholders in the sector exhibit fishing technologies on cage cultures, value addition projects, fish farming and fish species from the Ugandan water bodies are displayed including but not limited to policy issues, export markets and potential opportunities for investment