Improving fishery catch statistics for Lake Victoria
Keywords:
illegal, unreported, unregulated, assessmentAbstract
The fisheries of Lake Victoria are highly dispersed and catch statistical information is insufficient for supporting management. Catch assessment surveys for the three riparian countries were found to be weak or inadequate and a strategy for improving this source of information is proposed. Considerable illegal fishing, using banned gears and small-meshed nets was prevalent and considered to be detrimental to the sustainability of the fishery. The principal problems underlying the poor fishery assessment were inadequate resources, poorly trained and unmotivated personnel, and externalities, such as poverty and poor employment opportunities, which override the resource monitoring and assessment mechanisms.
References
Cowx, I. G., Muhoozi, L., Mkumbo, O., Getabu, A. and Okaronon, J. 2002. Summary evidence for the overexploitation of fisheries resources in Lake Victoria with special reference to Ugandan waters, Strategic exports for Uganda: Fisheries, Kampala: EU Delegation.
Kudhongania, A. W. and Cordone, A. J. 1974. Batho-spatial distribution pattern and biomass estimate of the major demersal fishes in Lake Victoria. Afr. J. Trop. Hydrobiol. Fish., 3: 15–31.
Fryer, G. 1993. The Lake Victoria fisheries: some facts and fallacies. Biol. Conserv., 5: 304–308.
Graham, M. 1929. The Victoria Nyanza and its Fisheries. A Report on the Fishing Survey of Lake Victoria 1927-28, London: Crown Agents.
Jackson, P. B. N. 1971. The African Great lakes: food source and world treasure. Biol. Conserv., 5: 302–304.
LVFO. 2000. Results of the first regional frame survey on Lake Victoria conducted in 2000, Jinja, , Uganda: Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization.
Mkumbo, O. C. and Cowx, I. G. 1999. “Catch trends from Lake Victoria--Tanzanian waters.”. In 1999. Report on fourth FIDAWOG workshop held at Kisumu, 16-20 August 1999, The Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project Technical Document No. 7 Edited by: Cowx, I. G. and Tweddle, D. 99–107. Jinja, , Uganda LVFRP/TECH/99/07
Muhoozi, L. 2002. “Exploitation and Management of the Artisanal Fisheries in the Ugandan Waters of Lake Victoria”. UK: University of Hull. Ph.D. Thesis
SEDAWOG. 1999. The survey of Lake Victoria's Fisheries, The Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project Technical Document No. 5 37Jinja, , Uganda LVFRP/TECH/99/05
Sen, S. and Neilsen, J. R. 1996. The fisheries co-management: a comparative analysis. Mar. Policy, 20: 405–418.
Spane, P. and Venema, S. C. 1998. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment, Part 1: Manual, FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 306:1 Rev. 2 Rome: Fisheries and Agricultural Organization.
Tumwebaze, R. and Coenen, E. J. 1991. Report on the Frame survey conducted in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria 3rd September-20th December 1990, FISHIN STAT DOC No. 22 Rome: FAO. FAO/UNDP UGA/87/007
Van der Knaap, M., Ntiba, M. J. and Cowx, I. G. 2002. Key elements of fisheries management on Lake Victoria. J. Ecosyst. Health Manage., 5(3): 245–254.
Witte, F., Goldschmidt, T., Goudswaard, P. C., Ligtvoet, W., van Oijen, M. J. P. and Wanink, J. H. 1992. Species extinction and concomitant ecological changes in Lake Victoria. Netherlands J. Zool., 42: 214–232.
Published
Issue
Section
License
Manuscripts must be original. They must not be published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part. It is required that the lead author of accepted papers complete and sign the MSU Press AEHM Author Publishing Agreement and provide it to the publisher upon acceptance.
