South-West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP): Country Working Resource Document. Profile of Kenya Marine and Fisheries.

Abstract

This overview on the profile of marine fisheries in Kenya was prepared with in mind not only to address the objectives of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) but also possible future development scenarios. Thus this document which is also dubbed as SWIOFP Country Working Resource Document – Profile of Kenya Marine Fisheries, focuses on the country’s status of capture fisheries and status of survey of fisheries resources besides fisheries development. The SWIOFP project tackles fisheries issues from a large marine ecosystem based approach and from this perspective the review also includes aspects of marine ecosystem and oceanographic research. As regards the fisheries resource management aspect, this component has been addressed focusing on review of the country’s institutional arrangement for management and development of the fisheries resources and socio-economic implications. The research components in terms of institutional management and what aspects Kenya would be interested in the SWIOFP project have been dealt on as well.