History

History: The history of research on fisheries and limnology dates back to the 1930, with the Italian invasion. Later on some foreign scholars from the AAU also made short term limnological studies on Ethiopian lakes in 1960s & 70s. Lake Fisheries Development Project (LFDP) which was initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture contributed in training and capacity building of the lake fishery in the country. The Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expedition (JERBE) in collaboration with our center has been involved in describing the bio-diversity of fish and other flora and fauna of major river systems and lakes since the 1980s.For the first time in the history of research, fisheries and aquaculture has been recognized as one of the research commodities in the Ethiopian agricultural research system in 1997with the establishment of the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, (EARO) through the Proc. No. 79/1997.

Total area: 20 ha
Location (Lat/long):08°54′ N & 38°38′ E
Agro Ecology zones (AEZs): Moderate to moist mid highland
Altitude:  2225 m

Climate
Temperature (min/max):Max: 27°C Min: 12 °c
Rainfall: Max: 1800mm Min: 900 mm
Length of growing period (LGP): 12 months
Soil type: Clay
Center of Excellence: Fishery
Distance From Addis Ababa:25 km      
Address: Sebeta Fishery Research Center
Tel: (+251) 113-380023
Fax: (+251)113-380657
P.O.Box: 64
The center is Located in Oromia Regional State