A report prepared by the GOM/FAO/UNDP Chambo Fisheries Research project
MALAWI

PROFITABILITY OF FISHING IN LAKE MALOMBE, THE UPPER SHIRE RIVER AND THE SOUTH-EAST ARM OF LAKE MALAWI TABLE OF CONTENTS

FI : DP/MLW/86/013, Field document 17, July 1992

by

M. Mdaihli and S. Donda

For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:

Mdaihli, M. and S. Donda. 1992 Profitability of fishing in Lake Malombe, the Upper Shire river and the south-east arm of Lake Malawi. GOM/UNDP/FAO Chambo Fisheries Research Project, Malawi. FI : DP/MLW/86/013, Field Document 17 : 20p.

This report was prepared during the course of the Chambo Fisheries Research project. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its 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 the material in this document do not imply the expression of any, opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

Map showing the project's working area and statistical divisions (minor strata).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors thank the IFIP project (RAF/87/099), especially Mr. B. Horemans, for the assistance in setting up costs and earnings studies. Further, we would like to express our thanks to the Technical Assistants of the Fisheries Department Messr. Bezai, Bowa, Gideon, Kazuzueni, Mhoni, Mpezeni, J. Phiri, Simon and Thindwa, who carried out a strenuous kind of data collection over a period of one year.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Mangochi, Malawi, July 1992

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of project area
Glossary of terms

1   INTRODUCTION

2   ORGANISATION OF THE SURVEY AND STUDY DESIGN

2.1   ARTISANAL FISHERY

2.1.1   Data collection
2.1.2   Data analysis

2.2   SEMI-INDUSTRIAL FISHERY

2.2.1   Cost data collection
2.2.2   Data collection on earnings

3   FINDINGS

3.1   ARTISANAL FISHERY

3.1.1   Lake Malombe
3.1.2   Upper Shire river
3.1.3   South-east arm of Lake Malawi

3.2   SEMI-INDUSTRIAL FISHERY

3.2.1   Economic importance of the semi-industrial sector of the fishery
3.2.2   Profit

4   DISCUSSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX

GLOSSARY OF TERMS