Stahabu Suitable sites for mariculture activities Bweni Suitable sites for mariculture activities

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2.3.7. Stahabu Suitable sites for mariculture activities

In this village there are two sites seen which are Stahabu Pwani and Mloe, Stahabu Pwani has loam type of soil with presence of grasses, in this area water get in during every high tides, presence of fish milk fish were told. At Mloe there is scattered mangrove with clay type of soil, in this area there are salt pans presence 26 Plate 7: Representatives of Suitable sites for mariculture activities in Stahabu Village 2.3.8. Ushongo Suitable sites for mariculture activities This is another village which has suitable sites for mariculture, this sites are in two area, Ushongo Mabaoni and Ushongo Mtoni,. Ushongo Mabaoni has only one sites known as Ushogo Mabaoni with all the suitable characteristics for the mariculture sites, this site also 27 have patches of trees in between this sites have clay soil at the north and loam soil at the south, in this site there were observed unsuccessful salt pans. Ushongo Mtoni has two sites which are Mto Mlagala 1 and Mto mlagala 2. These two sites all meet the characteristics of suitable sites for mariculture, where by the former site has unsuccessful milk fish pond and the latter is a salt pan. 28 Plate 8: Representatives of Suitable sites for mariculture activities in Ushongo Village 29

2.3.9. Bweni Suitable sites for mariculture activities

Bweni is the village which so close to the mouth of Pangani river, it is the adjacent village of the river and the first village if you go to the other part of the river, it contains two sites, one is salt flats and the other is crabs fattening ponds, they both known as MOSHA sites as the former is MOSHA 1 and the latter is MOSHA 2, the elevation of these sites is less than 2 and the soil type is clay soil in both sites. Crab fattening sites is not well developing and the sites is more or less as abandoned ‘ Plate 9: Representatives of Suitable sites for mariculture activities in Bweni Village 30

2.3.10. Mkwajuni Suitable sites for mariculture activities