Report of the Symposium on Socio-economic aspects of Lake Victoria Fisheries. A Symposium organized by the IFIP Project under the framework of the CIFA Sub-committee for Lake Victoria, 25-27 April, Kisumu, Kenya. Table of Contents

The conclusions and recommendations given in this and other reports in the IFIP project series are those considered appropriate at the time of preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the Project. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of FAO or UNDP concerning the legal status of any country; territory, city or area, or concerning the determination of its frontiers or boundaries.

PREFACE

The IFIP project started in January 1989 with the main objective of promoting a more effective and rational exploitation of the fisheries resources of major water bodies of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The project is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a duration of four years.

There are eleven countries and three intergovernmental organisations participating in the project: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, The Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL), The Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA) and the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC).

The immediate objectives of the project are: (i) to strengthen regional collaboration for the rational development and management of inland fisheries, particularly with respect to shared water bodies; (ii) to provide advisory services and assist Governments in sectoral and project planning; (iii) to strengthen technical capabilities through training; and (iv) to establish a regional information base.

The present document is the Report of the Symposium on Socio-economic aspects of Lake Victoria fisheries. The Symposium was held in Kisumu, Kenya, from 25 to 27 April 1990. It was sponsored by the UNDP/FAO Inland Fisheries Planning (IFIP) project and organized in the interval of time separating the Fifth and the Sixth Session of the CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Victoria.

The Symposium was attended by 36 participants from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and FAO. Twelve papers were presented for which abstracts are included in the document. These papers together with a number of papers prepared by some Tanzanian researchers who due to unforeseen circumstances could not attend, will be issued in a separate publication.

IFIP PROJECT
FAO
B.P 1250
BUJUMBURA
BURUNDI

IFIP PUBLICATIONS

Publications of the IFIP project are issued in two series:

A series of technical documents (RAF/87/099-TD) related to meetings, missions and research organized by the project.

A series of working papers (RAF/87/099-WP) related to more specific field and thematic investigations conducted in the framework of the project.

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For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:

Report of the Symposium on Socio-economic aspects of Lake Victoria Fisheries. 1990 A Symposium organized by the IFIP Project under the framework of the CIFA Sub-committee for Lake Victoria, 25-27 April, Kisumu, Kenya. UNDP/FAO Regional Project for Inland Fisheries Planning (IFIP), RAF/87/099-TD/10/90 (En): 24p.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Bujumbura, May 1990

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Summary of conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1: Agenda

Annex 2: List of participants

Annex 3: Compendium of abstracts

I. Harvesting sector

II. Supply of fishing inputs

III. Processing and marketing

IV. Industrial sector

V. Socio-economic studies/Research programmes

VI. Management/Research programmes

LIST OF IFIP REPORTS