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Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization Regional Working Group on Frame SurveysDate
2005-08-17
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Lake Victoria is economically very important to the economies of the East AfricanCommunity Partner States. The fishery has undergone major transformationssince fish catches increased following establishment of Nile perch and emergingof fish processing plants, which export fish. Fishing pressure on the lakeincreased rapidly creating fears that the fishery may not be sustainable. Framesurveys have been carried out on Lake Victoria biannually since 2000 todetermine the number of fishers and fish landing sites, facilities at the landingsites, the types, numbers and sizes of fishing crafts and their mode of propulsion,the number, types and sizes of fishing gears and the fish species targeted toprovide information to guide development and management of the fishery. Thesurveys show that: the number of fishers and fish landing sites did not changesignificantly between 2000 and 2004; there were inadequate facilities at the fishlanding sites; The total number of gillnets increased from 655,053 in 2000 to984,084 in 2002 to 1,233,053 in 2004 suggesting an increase in effort. Thenumber of fishers using outboard engines increased from 2,657 in 2000 to 6,552in 2002 and 9,609 in 2004 suggesting that fishers had to go far in search of fish.The Partner states have made deliberate efforts to improve facilities at fishlanding sites to meet fish quality requirements and curb illegal fishing gearswhich is manifested in the reduction in the number of beach seines and illegalsizes of gillnets in some of the Partner States. There were, however still a largenumber of illegal gears especially beach seines and gill nets of mesh sizes lessthan 5 inches. Facilities and access to fish landings should be improved. Effortsto remove illegal destructive fishing gear and methods should be enhanced; andefforts should be made to control fishing effort.Pages
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Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization