Dépôts récents

  • Report on Fourth FIDAWOG Workshop held in Kisumo, 16 to 20 August 1999: summary of proceedings

    Cowx, I.G.; Tweddle, D. (Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project, 1999)
    The FIDAWOG workshop held at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu was the fourth stock assessment workshop held under the LVFRP programme. There were two main objectives: training in paper and report writing and presentation, and presentation of research results collected to date.
  • Rents drain in fishery: the case of Lake Victoria Nile Perch fishery

    Arnason, Ragnar (2009)
    African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries
    Many fisheries are potentially very valuable. According to a recent report by the World Bank and the FAO (2008), global fisheries rents could be as high as US$ 40-60 billion annually on a sustainable basis. However, according to the report, due to the “common property problem”, most fisheries of the world are severely overexploited and generate no economic rents. The Lake Victoria Nile perch fishery could be among the most valuable fisheries in the world. Unfortunately, also this fishery has fallen prey to the common property problem with excessive fishing effort, dwindling stocks and declining profitability. As a result, there is a large and growing rents loss in this fishery (compared to the optimal) reducing economic welfare and economic growth opportunities in the countries sharing this fishery. As in other fisheries, the biological and economic recovery of this fishery can only come though improvedfisheries management
  • Managing Nile perch using slot size: is it possible?

    Njiru, M.; Getabu, A.; Taabu, A.M.; Mlaponi, E.; Muhoozi, L.; Mkumbo, O.C. (2009)
    African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries
    The fishery of Lake Victoria became a major commercial fishery with the introduction of Nile perch in 1950s and 1960s. Biological and population characteristics point to a fishery under intense fishing pressure attributed to increased capacity and use of illegal fishing gears. Studies conducted between 1998 to 2000 suggested capture of fish between slot size of 50 to 85 cm TL to sustain the fishery. Samples from Kenya and Uganda factories in 2008 showed that 50% and 71% of individuals processed were below the slot size respectively. This study revealed that fish below and above the slot has continued being caught and processed. This confirms that the slot size is hardlyadhered to by both the fishers and the processors. The paper explores why the slot size has not been a successful tool in management of Nile perch and suggests strategies to sustain the fishery