The Director of Finance and Administration heads the Finance, Manpower Development and Administration, and Supplies and Stores Sections. More than half of the scientists are fresh graduates. Many posts are still vacant. So staff requirements and training are the main concerns of the Institute at present. However, it generates some of its funds through sale of fish, house rent, and boat-hiring charges.
External donors are also a potential source.
Facilities Existing facilities are those inherited from the predecessor establishments. Kigoma Center has a laboratory for fishery biology, hydroacoustic equipment for stock assessment, extraction sets and chemicals for pollution monitoring, a research boat and a guest house which can accommodate visiting scientists. Mwanza Center has a laboratory and research boat. Kyela has laboratory space. There are also small libraries at Kigoma, Mwanza and Dar es Salaam with a few journals and FAO publications.