REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT UNDERTAKEN AT KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ATTACHMENT PERIOD 12TH JUNE TO 04TH AUGUST 2017

ABSTRACT The attachment report for Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in research department covers all the skills gained, practical duties carried out, challenges faced, recommendations and conclusion to be done in the course of the attachment period. It also covers the brief description of KMFRI organization, its management structure, its roles as well as its various departments. Among its various activities include; marine animal research (mostly fish), observing fish habitation and fish feeding, discovering fish diseases and their control, preservation of various fish species, caring out marine plant research for marine herbarium, aquarium activities and sensitizing the community on proper fishing activities and gear selection. Marine research aids attaches to gain knowledge on the multiplication, evolution and factors affecting the survival of aquatic life. Through this aim, I gained knowledge that the distribution and biodiversity of aquatic animals is due to a variety of factors both biological, chemical and physical. The KMFRI biology lab for preservation of fish species helps the researchers to monitor and distinguish the rate at which evolution is taking place. It also offers constant evidence of aquatic organisms that got extinct. Aquarium, fish feeding and fish feed formulation equipped me with great knowledge of rearing fish.in addition to that microbiology and chemistry laboratory practices equipped me with unlimited research knowledge in analyzing samples for nutrient availability and dissolved oxygen in the aquatic ecology. Fishing communities also benefits from this institution through the great education that it offers. They are sensitized on the types of gears to use and areas to use them through the information submitted to the Fisheries who makes the policies when it comes to gears used in the aquatic ecosystem. The institution also directs on the specific periods that fishing should be done by considering the scientific research information gained on the breeding periods and sites of different fish species in the lake.   Table of Contents DECLARATION.i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.ii ABSTRACT.iii LIST OF FIGURES.vi LIST OF TABLESvii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSviii CHAPTER ONE:1 1.0 INTRODUCTION.1 Objectives of the field attachment.1 Location.2 KMFRI GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND SIZE3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE1 KMFRI Organogram.1 KEY2 1.0.1 AREAS WHERE KMFRI INSTITUTIONS ARE LOCATED.3 1.0.2 KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE4 Background4 Core function4 Vision and mission4 Core values4 1.0.3 KMFRI DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS5
CHAPTER TWO6 2.0ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN6 2.0.1. CHEMISTRY LABORATORY6 2.0.2. FRESHWATER AQUARIUM12 2.0.3. BIOLOGY LABORATORY15 2.0.4. MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY19
CHAPTER THREE21 3.0ATTACHMENT EXPERIENCES21 3.0.1. SKILLS GAINED DURING ATTACHMENT21 3.0.2. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED21
CHAPTER FOUR23 CONCLUSION AND RECCOMENDATION23 4.0.1. CONCLUSION23 4.0.2. RECOMMENDATION23
  LIST OF FIGURES. Figure 1: Location of KMFRI2 Figure 2: KMFRI Organogram1
  LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Key of organizational structure KMFRI2 Table 2: Results of the chlorophyll test7 Table 3: Results of the silicates test10 Table 4: Results of the alkalinity test11 Table 5: Stomach contents of species of O.N17 Table 6: Morphometric of species of O.N in KMFRI pond18   LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS KMFRI………………….Kenya Marine And Fisheries Research Institute O.N……………………...Oreochromis niloticus EDTA…………………... Ethyl diamine tetra-acetic acid. SL……………………….Standard length TL……………………….Total length FL……………………….Fork length DL………………………Dorsal length ED………………………Eye diameter BD……………………...Body depth