ABSTRACT

The five papers in this volume (the author/co-author(s) of each paper is(are) UGA/87/007 project staff) were presented at the National Seminar on the Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria (Uganda) in Jinja, Uganda, 6–8 August 1991. Only the sixth paper (Bugenyi, F.W. The Effect of Limnological Factors and the Changing Environment on the Fisheries of Northern Lake Victoria) did not have any project involvement. The Seminar was co-sponsored by this project (UGA/87/00) and the Bujumbura (Burundi) based Regional Project for Inland Fisheries Planning, Development and Management in Eastern/Central/Southern Africa (RAF/87/099 - IFIP). Since one of the objectives of the UGA/87/007 Project is “the formulation of fishery management and development plans”, its contribution in nearly all the papers was therefore essential. Findings and recommendations related to various aspects of the fishing industry were presented. Several of these recommendations were adopted and transmitted to the Government of Uganda for their consideration and action.

EDITORIAL NOTE

FISHIN Occasional Papers are issued from time to time primarily as records of contributions made by Project personnel to national, regional and international fisheries-related workshops, seminars, symposia, studies, etc. Observations and findings presented in the papers are those of the authors and should be treated as preliminary and subject to further verification. Correspondence, comments and suggestions are welcome and may be forwarded to each of the authors/co-authors' addresses as mentioned on the cover-page of each paper (UFFRO, Uganda Fisheries Department or FAO, Kampala) or to FAO, FIO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100, Rome, Italy.