Fisheries Training Institute Entebbe was established by an Act of Parliament (Uganda) under the then Ministry of Animal Industry, Game and Fisheries. Its foundation stone was laid on 27th June 1966. The official opening of the Institute was done on 23rd February 1968.This was a Regional Institute and it still stands so today. There were few of such Institutions in Africa. The first trainees were twenty students two of whom were from Botswana and three from Kenya.

Fisheries Training Institute was established to provide comprehensive background and training in all aspects of Fisheries management and Technologies. This was to develop the proficiencies of both operations and personnel that would lead to increased fish production and improved utilization of fish and Fishery products.