About 31 small-scale fish farmers, fishermen, and fishmongers in Uulili, in the Oshana Region, are undergoing training to be equipped with the necessary skills to succeed in the sector.

The training is being conducted in collaboration with the UN agency Food and Agriculture Organization by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

The training will engage the fisheries sector at the grassroots level and gauge the views of locals at fishing spot areas.

The Deputy Director in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, John Hamukwaya, says the sub-sector was not accounted for years in terms of its contribution to food security as well as economic growth.

About 45 thousand people are said to be in small-scale fisheries and rely on them as their sole source of income.

"The commercial fisheries sectors have received the most attention, but we know that the majority of our people benefit from these in the local community; the commercial sector also caters to the majority, but not at the grass-roots level, and this is where we are interested to see how they will benefit from these resources. Also, we must inform them that they will be unable to harvest as much as they would like due to the sustainability of the resources available to this people or community."

Hamukwaya added that the stakeholders will also discuss the challenges faced by the sector and provide a solution.

The fishermen nbc News spoke to were positive that the training would be beneficial and improve their products and sales.