 | CIFA TECHNICAL PAPER 24 Fisheries characteristics of the shared lakes of the East African riftby Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  |
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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
The document was prepared for informational and analytical use by governmental and international bodies as well as individuals involved in the development and management of these shared fisheries resources. It offers a handy compilation of major fisheries characteristics for the main shared lakes of the region, further allowing for an assessment of their respective importance and of their contribution to the fisheries sector of all of the 11 countries concerned: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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| Gréboval, D.; Bellemans, M.; Fryd, M. Fisheries characteristics of the shared lakes of the East African Rift. CIFA Technical Paper. No. 24. Rome, FAO. 1994. 81p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| This is a review of the characteristics of the fisheries of the shared lakes of the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa. The fisheries under consideration are those of lakes Albert, Chilwa, Chiuta, Cohoha, Edward/Mobutu, Kariba (Reservoir), Kivu, Malawi/Nyasa, Tanganyika, Turkana and Victoria. The first section provides a general overview of inland fisheries in the region, with the focus on basic fisheries and socio-economic indicators. The second section provides more specific information on fisheries on a lake-by-lake basis. Emphasis is on graphic presentation and brief analyses of current and historical information on catch and fishing effort. Finally, in the third section complementary country-level socio-economic data are presented for the 11 countries concerned. |
I. OVERVIEW OF INLAND FISHERIES IN EASTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
1.1 Basic Fisheries and Socio-economic Indicators
1.2 Evolution of Fish Production by Country and Water Body
1.3 The Fisheries of Major Shared Lakes: Overview
1.3.1 Actual and Potential Production
1.3.2 Evolution of Fish Production
1.3.3 Major Commercial Species
1.3.4 Characteristics and Evolution of Fishing Effort
1.3.5 Productivity of Fishing Effort
1.3.6 Employment in the Fisheries Sector
2. FISHERIES CHARACTERISTICS BY LAKE
3. BASIC FISHERIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA BY COUNTRY
1. Relative importance of inland waters by country
2. Basic socio-economic indicators by country
3. Total fish production by country
4. Import-export of fisheries products by country
5. Per caput supply of fish by country
6. Evolution of fish production by countries (1970-89)
7. Evolution of fish production from shared lakes
8. Characteristics of major shared lakes
9. Potential and present production levels by lake
10. Status of exploitation by lake and type of resources
11. Major commercial species groups by lake
12. Relative importance of major species groups/lake
13. Evolution of fleet size by type (1969–79–89)
14. Number of boats/fisherman and productivity by lake
15. Primary employment in fisheries by country and lake
16. Recent evolution of aquaculture production
1. Evolution of per caput fish supply by country (1970-80-90)
2. Evolution of fish production by type of water body (1970–1989)
3. Evolution of fish production by lake (1970-89)
4. Evolution of fish production, Lake Victoria (1970-89)
5. Lake Albert (Mobutu) (production by country)
6. Lake Albert (species composition)
7. Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta (production - Malawi)
8. Lake Edward (production by country)
9. Lakes Edward/George (species composition)
10. Lake Kariba (production by species)
11. Lake Kariba (production by country)
12. Lake Kariba (industrial effort/frame survey)
13. Lake Kivu (production by species and country)
14. Lake Kivu (distribution of effort by gear)
15. Lake Malawi/Nyasa (production by country)
16. Lake Malawi (species composition)
17. Lake Malawi/Nyasa (frame surveys: Malawi, Tanzania)
18. Lake Mweru (production by country)
19. Lake Mweru (frame survey - Zambia)
20. Lake Tanganyika (production by country)
21. Lake Tanganyika (species composition - Burundi)
22. Lake Tanganyika (frame surveys)
23. Lake Turkana (production levels, 1960–1991)
24. Lake Turkana (species composition)
25. Lake Victoria (production by country)
26. Lake Victoria (production by species group)
27. Lake Victoria (species composition - in %)
28. Lake Victoria (catch by country, 1970–1980–1990)
29. Lake Victoria (frame surveys)
30. Ethiopia: landings by major lakes
31. Malawi: landings by major lakes
32. Tanzania: landings by major water bodies
33. Uganda: landings by major lakes
34. Zambia: landings by major lakes