This paper briefly reports on observations made by members of the Project Socio-Economic Group on two field missions to landings around the Katebo area, along the northwestern shoreline of Lake Victoria (Uganda). Some characteristics of the landings in terms of handling and marketing facilities and other amenities are noted, along with their development problems and prospects.
The first mission was carried out in the context of the FISHIN' Project's Frame Survey of Lake Victoria in November 1990 (Ikwaput 1991). Using a Project outboard-powered boat, sixteen landings in the vacinity of Katebo were visited during the initial three days of the frame survey in Masaka Fisheries Region. The area visited stretches from Buvumbo Landing to Katonga Bay. A map showing the locations of the landings is reproduced as Fig. 1 in Annex 1. Landing site facilities and services are summarised in Table 1, also in Annex 1. The trip itinerary is given in Annex 2. Throughout these visits contacts were made with Uganda Fisheries Department (UFD) field staff, fisherfolk, local Resistance Council (RC) members (RCS), traders, and any other people living or working at each landing.
The second visit to the area was made in April 1991 during the course of the SEC Fishing Community Survey of Lake Victoria (Kitakule and Reynolds 1991). The survey team conducted interviews at several landings using Katebo as a base (Annex 2). Some important changes had occurred in the five months since the first visit.
Bunjako Island lies just off the mainland a little southeast of Katebo. It is a fairly large island of some 45 km2 cut off from the mainland shore by the papyrus-choked expanse of Lukolo Swamp. A number of landings are situated along the open water or southern and eastern sides of Bunjako. The largest of these are Ssenyondo, Buzami (A), and Lubembe, all with over ten active fishing canoes counted at the time of visit. Smaller landings consisting of from two to six canoes are Makungu, Kyawagwe, Bukiina, Bukasa, Busimuzi, Bugoma, and Buzami (B).
Only at the larger landings like Ssenyondo is there much commercial activity. Fish are sold individually to traders at all the landings on a highest bid basis. Several of the traders have smoking kilns and process fish for bulking into consignments to sell on the mainland.
Ssenyondo alone amongst the Bunjako landings was seen to have people living directly on site, though most of its houses and other structures are of very temporary construction, with wooden slat or papyrus mat walls and thatched roofs. There are a few houses roofed with rusty corrogated iron sheeting which could be described as ‘semi-permanent’. The soils around the fringes of the island are sandy and cannot be used easily to plaster on wooden frames to make solid, windproof walls.
Ssenyondo reputedly is quite an old site, in existence from the early years of this century. The same is true of several other landings on the island. Despite the fact that it has long served as a fishing centre, the level of facility development has remained very rudimentary on the island. None of the landings have any handling/weighing sheds, and only a few have smoking kilns, basic boat repair capabilities, and shops selling petty commodities. Sanitary facilities basically do not exist, with the exception of some delapidated latrines at three of the beaches.
A UFD Fisheries Assistant is posted at Buzami, and manages to visit the nearby landings of Busimuzi and Lubembe at least once a week. The landings further away are visited less frequently or not at all.
People claim that the reason there are so many small landings on Bujako rather than one or two major ones is because fishers like to operate from places close to their homes. This may only be part of the explanation. It can also be observed that many boatowners and crew are not engaged in fishing as their sole or even main occupation. Farming is a leading economic activity throughout the area, with coffee and plaintains or matooke being very common crops. Wood cutting to supply fuel and timber to Kampala- and Entebbe-based agents is another cash-earning activity, along with distilling of waragi, the local gin.
Whatever the reason behind the comparatively high density of small landings, the arrangement makes it difficult to promote improvements in infrastructure and extension services.
It was observed that the water hyacinth weed has heavily infested those places on the island coastline which are a bit sheltered from wave action. In some cases local pigs appeared to be grazing on the weed.
2.3 Buyinga, Buvumbo, and Kisamba Landings
Buyinga Landing lies on an island bearing the same name, located between Bujako Island and the mainland in the middle of the Lukolo-Lugungwa Swamp. It hosts 30 canoes, mostly of the simple ‘Bao Tatu’ (three-plank) type that are cheap to build and easy to manoeuver in swampy and marshy conditions. Most fishing activity focusses on tilapia, with Protopterus figuring as the second most important target. The landing has not been developed in terms of handling or other facilities, and is visited by UFD staff only rarely. Access is hindered by the rank growth of papyrus.
Buvumbo lies across the swamp from Kisamba on the mainland in Mpigi District, some 11 kms by murram track from the Kampala - Masaka Road. The landing is the largest in the area in terms of the active canoe count - 60 in all. Ten of these are of the larger ‘Ssese’ design (7 motorised), and 50 are of the small ‘Bao Tatu’ type.
Although a high population of people is settled in the vacinity, only a few houses are actually located at the landing. Most of the structures there are simple grass thatched eating places and petty commodity shops, open sided or with wooden slats for walls. Several women run small businesses supplying cooked food to fishers and traders.
Buvumbo is accessible by motor vehicle and there are two traders who come to buy fish in pick-ups, though most of the catch is evacuated by bicycle. Some 70 bicycle traders operate in and out of the landing. Any fish that is not sold on the day of catch is sun-dried on a large flat-topped rock at the landing.
Kisambo Landing is located a few kilometres further along the track from Buvumbo, and hosts a small fleet of ten ‘Bao Tatu’ units. As at Buvumbo and Buyinga, a continual problem is the thick growth of pypyrus that stands between the landing and the open waters. Narrow winding passages have to be negotiated by the canoes as they run to and from the fishing grounds, and these must be cleared on a regular basis lest the landings become completely choked off.
2.4 Namirembe(A) and Namirembe East Landings
The two Namirembe landings are on the mainland next to Katonga Bay. Namirembe East hosts 11 canoes and also receives deliveries from transport boats on occasion. It is easily reached along a murram track from the Kampala-Masaka Road, about 3 km away. Namirembe(A) lies closer to Katebo and is harder to reach, being connected only by a foot/bicycle path. It is a very minor landing with only 5 fishing units. Access from the Lake at both landings is sometimes difficult because of the belt of papyrus that closes off the shore. Namirembe East has a small resident population dwelling in grass thatched huts, but nobody resides at Namirembe(A). There is a Fisheries Assistant is posted in the area who lives at Kayabwe Trading Centre on the main road. Regular weekly visits are made to the larger Namirembe East Landing, but the other site does not seem to be monitored at all.
Katebo used to be a port of call for the Lake steamers operated by the old East African Railways and Harbours (EARH) organisation. The first Katebo port was abandoned because it was on an exposed and rocky shoreline. A large pier was developed in its place a few hundred metres to the east, where the approach is safer. This facility was fairly substantial, comprising storage sheds, offices, and, further back up on the shore, staff housing. It was abandoned in the 1970s however, with the demise of the East African Community and the withdrawal of most of the steamer services on the Lake. In November 1990 the pier was almost completely overgrown, though larger outboard-powered transport canoes from the Ssese Islands were still using part of it as a landing stage in preference to the rocky beach at the original Katebo site. All of the EARH buildings on the pier and up on the shore were looted of their doors, windows, and corrogated iron roofs long ago, and appeared as empty shells filled with debris and overgrown with vines and weeds.
Local fishers continue to use the old Katebo landing site. The canoe fleet is made up largely of ‘Ssese’ planked canoes. There were 21 of these units in operation at the time of the November 1990 visit, and 7 of the ‘Bao Tatu’ type. The fishery is mainly based on tilapia and Nile perch. An interesting sideline activity carried on by some local people is the collection of snail shells. These are sold to commercial dealers and end up being ground as an ingredient of poultry feed.
There is little in the way of a Fisheries Department presence, save for the weekly visit by an FA to collect statistics and an abandoned weighing shed, its roof now missing due to looters. No other structures or houses exist at the landing. Fishing boat owners and their crew return to their farms scattered around the neighbourhood after the day's work.
Katebo has a very active market every Thursday and Friday. The market is located on a flat area about two hundred metres up from the old landing site, close to some of the abandoned staff houses of the former EARH. The main commodities traded are smoked and sundried tilapia and Nile perch from the Ssese Islands. Mobile traders also offer items like soap, salt, sugar, and used clothes. Locally made papyrus mats are available as well. Grass thatched huts around the edge of the market compound serve as sleeping quarters for those who arrive on Thursdays to prepare for the peak activities on Fridays. Public hired pick-ups operate on these days to carry people and goods along the 10 km murram track between Katebo and Buwama, on the main Kampala-Masaka Road.
3. KATEBO RE-VISITED: APRIL 1991
On the return visit to Katebo in April 1991 two major differences were apparent from the situation witnessed the previous November. It was obvious first of all that the weekly market activity had fallen off rather sharply. Secondly, it was learned that some private businesspeople were in the process of setting up a crocodile farm on the old EARH premises immediately to the east of market area.
The decline in the Thursday/Friday market at Katebo was partly seasonal but mostly to do with the diversion of the fish trade to other landings. In April fishing operations had reached a low ebb. Catches were off and fishers had little in the way of ready cash for the purchase of the usual household items, clothes, etc. Many claimed that there wasn't even enough money to buy essential replacement gear for their fishing units.
In November 1990 the Katebo market was booming mainly because fisherfolk and traders were bringing loads of smoked fish across from the Ssese Islands to sell. Supplies of foodstuffs, beverages, and clothes were being purchased and taken back across as return loads for home consumption or sale. Five transport boats were working in November; at the time of the second visit there was only one. Aside from the seasonal decline in catches, the reason less fish were appearing in April was because more of the Ssese operators were selling their catches fresh at Kasenyi Landing near Entebbe, or at Banda Island.
Fresh fish are in increasing demand by the several industrial filleting plants that have started operations in recent years in Kampala and Entebbe (Reynolds and Ssali 1990; Kirema-Mukasa and Reynolds 1990), and they command higher beach prices than smoked fish. The companies are sending insulated vans loaded with ice to buy directly at Kasenyi, and in the case of Banda Island in the Sseses one firm has started a ‘fish ferry’ service, with two boats fitted with insulated and ice-chilled boxes working alternately to collect fresh consignments for the factory. Ssese fishers thus enjoy the double advantage of getting a higher return on their catches and not having to travel so far to transact sales.
3.2 Advent Companies: Uganda Crocs and Katebo Fisheries
In what promises to be the most significant commercial development in the area since the establishment of the EARH Katebo Pier, a new company known as Uganda Crocs has been established with joint Uganda national and Zimbabwe expatriate share participation. The company has taken out a lease from Uganda Railways and Harbours on the old EARH property in order to start a crocodile farming scheme. The lease covers the full 10 ha. site together with the pier and the various delapidated structures.
Uganda Crocs started the preparatory phase of its operations early in 1991, when 4000 Crocodilus niloticus eggs were collected from Murchison Falls National Park, with the permission of the Parks Authority and the Game Department. At first there was some misunderstanding about permit procedures and other legal regulations. The Fish and Crocodiles Act (Cap. 228, Rev. 1964) actually empowers the Fisheries Department to oversee the the crocodile trade, and Uganda Crocs is now regularising its status accordingly.
The Murchison Falls eggs were transferred to the Katebo site immediately upon collection for incubation and hatching. In the meantime site development was quickly pressed forward. A substantial amount of improvement work already had been carried out by the time of the April visit. One of the old staff houses had been rehabilitated as living quarters for company personnel and two others had been fixed up to serve as nursery facilities for the some 3800 surviving hatchlings that will form the basis of the operation's first cropping after a 3–4 year growing-out period. A complete warm water circulation system including wood-fired boilers and pumps was just being completed. The next stage of work will be the construction of growing-out ponds and other supporting facilities. A generator has been installed on the site and the whole plot is being fenced. The pier has been cleared of bush to reveal the walls of a large goods shed that formerly lost in the overgrowth. Preparations are underway to construct several guesthouses in a shady area immediately above the pier, with the idea of catering for small groups of tourists.
It remains to be seen if the crocodile farm will be a viable commercial enterprise. There has been a recent slump in the crocodile skin trade worldwide, and it is understood that a number of the Zimbabwean operations that started with the boom in trade some years ago are now not doing so well. Certainly the establishment of the farm at Katebo has represented something of a ‘boom’ to local people. Employment has been provided for dozens of people on both a part-time and full-time basis, and Uganda Crocs has helped with improvements to the access road from Buwama and with assistance to local self-help efforts.
The company intends to adhere to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) guidelines calling for the return of quotas of artificially reared stock to the wild. Uganda is not yet a CITES signatory, although it is understood that it will probably become one in the near future. Beyond this essential step, the authorities will obviously have to make some decisions about stock replacement bearing in mind that the protected area of Murchison Falls Park probably does not need any supplements to its crocodile population at the present time, and that reintroduction of the creatures elsewhere would present certain difficulties in some instances. Human settlement and attendant farming, herding, and fishing activities now more than ever give rise to conflicting habitat use interests vis-a-vis those of conservation across much of the crocodile's former range in the country. For many years an official eradication campaign was waged against the reptile in Lake Victoria. Commercial hunting of wild populations in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Albert and the lower Semliki River was condoned through the 1950s and 1960s, and it was only in 1971 that a total hunting ban was imposed (Reynolds and Ssali 1990).
Pond-reared crocodiles each consume close to 40 kg of food over the three to four year period it takes to reach cropping size, and Uganda Crocs will eventually need 2–3 tonnes of feed per day for its operations. The supply of this feed must still be worked out in detail, but it is likely that the farm will be in the market for fresh fish to help meet its requirements. Some further local employment possibilities may therefore be foreseen.
A separate but associated company to Uganda Crocs is Katebo Fisheries Ltd., which is being organised with a view towards high volume commercial exploitation of and trade in the small pelagic species Rastrineobola argentea - referred to locally as mukene or dagaa. The company would concentrate on developing mukene as an export commodity, though the supply of feed to the crocodile farm could also be undertaken as a secondary activity. While there are plans to buy catches from the artisanal lamp fishery around Katebo and the Ssese Islands, the company would also like to carry out fishing operations of its own, using rigs based on the design of the ‘Kapenta’ industrial lift-net units that operate on Lake Kariba between Zimbabwe and Zambia. These are essentially large self-propelled pontoon barges fitted with powerful lights, a winch and boom for the net, and an electric generator. In discussion with one of the Katebo Fisheries principals, it was noted that the rigs may not prove to be so suitable to the rougher weather and wave conditions one can expect to find on Lake Victoria. It was also recommended that any pilot effort at this sort of fishing be closely co-ordinated with officials of both the Fisheries Department and the Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation (UFFRO). A decision must first be made as to whether the Kariba Rig-type vessel should be allowed into the fishery at all. This is a matter for careful consideration and in the public interest any consent should be reserved, on the understanding that it could be withdrawn if monitoring of the operations - continual and thorough monitoring - reveals that there are adverse effects involved for either the stocks or the small-scale fisher. UFD officers and UFFRO researchers should be present as observers on any experimental fishing ventures using the Kariba vessel, and it should be strictly understood that the vessel is to operate exclusively in offshore waters, well away from any fishing ground used by the artisanal mukene fleet.
The Kariba Rig venture deserves a fair trial before any definite decisions about its suitability for the Lake are made. Certainly the venture seems attractive on the face of it. Official policy is to promote earnings of forex and to diversity the export commodity base. The potential for expansion of the mukene fishery has been recognised for some time, and in principle this could be accomplished in a way that does not compromise the interests of the local small-scale producer nor the domestic fish consumer. Some advantages in terms of employment generation ought to be forthcoming as well, particularly if Katebo Fisheries is serious about buying from the artisanal sector and not competing in the same fishing grounds. At the same time however, and especially in light of the experiences with the Sino-Uganda pair trawler operation, due caution needs to be exercised lest the fisheries authorities and a concerned public find themselves faced with an over-expanded, inappropriate, and entrenched commercial interest.
4. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Water hyacinth is spreading over much of the shoreline in the Katebo area. The hazard posed by this noxius weed to fisheries, water transport, and the environment of the Lake generally is well known (Reynolds and Coenen 1991). In some places where the shoreline is sandy and exposed to waves the floating mats of this plant wash up and die. On muddy and sheltered shorelines however this plant is flourishing. It was observed that water hyacinth is grazed on to some extent by local pigs. Investigations are called for to establish whether the weed could serve as a fodder. Overall, the existence of water hyacinth in the Lake must be viewed in the most serious possible light: it can have absolutely disastrous consequences if left unchecked.
Most of the landings around the Katebo area are only accessible by water. On the mainland sites poor road conditions hinder the use of both motor vehicles and bicycles. The latter serve as the chief mode of transport for fish traders. Basic improvement of access roads would do much to promote the level of trade and development at the mainland sites.
In terms of water transport, it was observed that most units are powered with outboard engines. At several of the landings banks of papyrus make the use of outboards difficult. The reeds grow so rampantly that they constantly have to be cleared away. Access to some places threatens to be choked off. The infestation of water hyacinth poses a further problem for some of the more sheltered landings.
Transport canoes are large and there seems to be an attitude amongst the operators that they can carry any number of people and any weight of cargo. Several canoes were observed to be dangerously overloaded with passengers, bundles of smoked fish, bicycles, and miscellaneous baggage. The all-too-frequent reports of capsizings and multiple drownings in the local media come as no surprise after one has witnessed such flagrant disregard of basic water safety principles. The promotion of proper boat designs and safe handling practices is one area where UFD extension service and technical backstopping for the fishery sector has been extremely weak, and urgent attention ought to be given to correcting this deficiency (Reynolds, White, and Kisembo 1991).
4.3 Landing Site Development and UFD Staff Facilities
The present pattern of landing site distribution in the Katebo area works against optimal site development and the delivery of UFD technical support. Many small, minor sites are dispersed along the shorelines of the islands and mainland, virtually all of which lack adequate access by land and water. Basic fish handling facilities and other services and amenities are either absent entirely or have been so poorly maintained that they might as well be so.
UFD field staff do not have the means to monitor activities in all the landings, far less to provide quality extension services. Most of the landings visited are only accessible by water, yet the UFD has not provided Departmental craft or made other arrangements to enable field staff to attend to these places. It was noted that some of the landings visited were completely unknown to the local staff.
In terms of future development of the area, the Department should consider the strategy identifying the most important or ‘core’ sites at which infrastructural improvement efforts would be concentrated. Scarce development resources in funds and personnel would be focussed at a few crucial spots to achieve meaningful results (better access roads and beach approaches, weighing and cleaning tables, processing facilities, sanitary amenities, etc.), rather than diffused across so many minor sites that their effects become diluted to the point of little or no consequence. UFD staff, properly equipped with transport facilities, field kit (scales, stationery, etc.), and duty allowances, would then be in a position to render a high standard of service at designated points.
4.4 Industrial Trawling Operations
Complaints were raised throughout the landings visited about the way the pair trawlers of the Sino-Uganda Fisheries Joint Venture Co. Ltd. are working close inshore and carrying away the nets of local fishers. Such complaints have been registered from fishing communities since the very beginning of company operations. No matter where the boats are working, it never seems to be far enough offshore to avoid entangling local gillnets (Odongkara 1990; Reynolds and Ssali 1990). The Fisheries Department needs to move with all dispatch to resolve this growing conflict between artisanal fishers and the trawlers, preferably by enforcing a strong set of regulations defining exclusive inshore fishing zones for the artisanal sector.
4.5 Crocodile Farming and Industrial Rastrineobola Fishing
The establishment of a commercial crocodile operation at Katebo is a major new development for the local economy as well as the national fisheries in general. Every official encouragement ought to be offered to ensure that this venture has a chance to prove itself. Already it has made a major difference in the area as a source of employment and community improvement. The appropriate authorities need to move urgently so that Uganda can become a signatory of CITES. In the near future decisions will have to be made about the reintroduction of artificially reared stock to wild habitats. This will involve careful evaluation of the potential conflicts between the interests of crocodile conservation and the human communities of farmers, herders, and fisherfolk who stand to be affected by any reintroduction programme.
Prospects are attractive for a large-scale commercial Rastrineobola fishing operation using a unit based on the Lake Kariba ‘Kapenta’ Rig design. Assuming that the company involved keeps to its stated intention of involving local people as much as possible, that it serves as a buying agent for the catches of artisanal mukene fishers and does not compete by exploiting the grounds frequented by the artisans, and that arrangements are made to co-ordinate closely with UFD and UFFRO personnel in conducting pilot fishing trips in offshore waters, then the venture deserves official encouragement. Gains in terms of increased forex earnings and local employment opportunities stand to be realised from what has for some years appeared to be an underexploited fishery. However, very thorough and continuous monitoring needs to be maintained on this operation to assess its impacts and restrict it as necessary for the sake of stock maintenance and the interests of small-scale producers and domestic consumers.
Ikwaput, J. 1991. Report on the frame survey for Lake Victoria, Masaka Region. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 21, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T. & J.E. Reynolds, 1990. Marketing and distribution aspects of Lake Victoria fisheries in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 16, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Kitakule, J. & J.E. Reynolds, 1991. Organisation and conduct of a fishing community survey, Lake Victoria-Uganda, 1991. SEC Field Report No. 20, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Odongkara, O.K. 1990. Socio-economic aspects of the Kome Island fisheries: report on a trial frame survey. SEC Field Report No. 12, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Reynolds, J.E. & W.M. Ssali, 1990. Lake Victoria fisheries industrialisation: recent developments in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 13, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Reynolds, J.H. White, & S.I. Kasembo, 1990. Development of fishing and transport smallcraft in Uganda: past experience and new prospects. SEC Field Report No. 14, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
Reynolds & E.J. Coenen, 1991. Emergency formulation project on water hyacinth surveillance and control/eradication in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga and the River Nile. Project Profiles, No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007.
FIGURE 1. MAP SHOWING KATEBO AREA LANDINGS VISITED
KEY:
a Landings
x UFD Staff Resident
* The area visited is administratively under Masaka Fisheries Region but for purposes of the Catch Assessment Survey is treated as under the Entebbe Region.
TABLE 1. FACILITIES/SERVICES/AMENITIES AT KATEBO AREA LANDINGS
| LANDING | NUMBER OF ACTIVE BOATS | ACCESS BY(c) | TOT. TRANSPT. CANOES | TOT. BIKES | TOT. P/UPS | DISTANCE MAIN RD. | BOAT REPAIR | WEIGHING SHED | SMOKE KILNS | SANITARY FACILITY(d) | MONTHLY UFD STAFF VISITS | |||||
| ‘Ssese’ O/Board | ‘Ssese’ Std | 'Bao Tatu' | Tot. Reg.(a) | Tot. Unreg.(b) | Grand Total | |||||||||||
| Makungu | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyawagwe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bukiina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bukasa | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ssenyondo | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | Water | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | Yes | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Busimuzi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Water | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bugoma | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Water | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Buzami (A) | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | Water | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Buzami (B) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Water | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lubembe | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | Water | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Buyiga | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 30 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kisamba | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | Water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buvumbo | 7 | 3 | 50 | 47 | 13 | 60 | Murram | Varies | 70 | 2 | 11 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Katebo | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 28 | Murram | 1–5 | 14 | Varies | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Namirembe (A) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Foot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namirembe-East | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | Murram | Varies | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
(d) Sanitary = Public latrine.
NOTE: None of the following facilities/services were seen at any of the landings visited:- public bus service; hire lorry service; outboard engine repair service; petrol station; wheelbarrow porters; cleaning slabs; drying racks; frying units; storage units; Fisheries office.
ITINERARY AND PERSONS MET
A. ITINERARY -- NOVEMBER 1990
| Date | Place/Activity |
| 20.11.90 | Depart Entebbe carrying boat by lorry to Katebo for frame survey work. |
| Arrive Buwama Trading Centre, meeting with Masaka Fisheries Region Staff. | |
| Arrive Katebo. Launch boat, depart for Ssenyondo. | |
| Arrive Ssenyondo, camp for night. | |
| 21.11.90 | Interviews at Ssenyondo. Trips to Makungu, Buyiga, Kisamba, Buvumbo, Kyabagwe, Bukiina, and Bukasa for interviews. |
| Return to Ssenyondo, camp for night. | |
| 22.11.90 | Depart for Katebo via Buzami, Bugoma, Busimuzi, and Lubembe for interviews. |
| Return to Katebo Pier, camp for night. | |
| 23.11.90 | Depart Katebo, visit Namirembe (A) and Namirembe East. |
| Depart Namirembe for return to Entebbe. |
B. ITINERARY -- APRIL 1991
| 10.04.91 | Arrive Katebo on community survey work in area |
| 11.04.91 | Survey interviews. |
| 12.04.91 | Survey interviews. |
| 13.04.91 | Depart Katebo, return Entebbe. |
C. PERSONS MET
| Name | Designation |
| Mr. Mugerwa | Regional Fisheries Officer, Masaka. |
| Mr. Ayo Charles | Assistant Fisheries Development Officer (AFDO). |
| Mr. Timothy Kawuma | AFDO. |
| Mr. S. Luutu. | Fisheries Assistant (FA). |
| Mr. J.L. Mugoda. | FA. |
| Mr. Francis Kawooya | FA. |
| Ms. Susan Bristow | Katebo Fisheries Ltd. |
| Mr. Tony Bristow | Uganda Crocs Ltd. |
| Dr. Alex Babitunga | Uganda Crocs Ltd. |
| + Local fisherfolk, traders, and community leaders. | |
FISHIN NOTES & RECORDS
LIST OF DOCUMENTS
(To June 1991)
BIOSTATISTICAL (BIOSTAT) FIELD REPORTS
Coenen, E., 1988. Mission report, Tororo District, 29/11 - 1/12/88. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Dec. 1988).
Wadanya, J., 1989a. Report on the tour of Kichwamba Region: the area of Lakes George - Edward and Kazinga Channel Complex. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 2, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1989)
Wadanya, J., 1989b. Report of the visit to Kigungu Landing. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1989).
Coenen, E., & F.L. Orach-Meza, 1989. Mission report to Mwanza (15–26/2/89): HEST/TAFIRI and DANIDA Regional Seminar on Lake Victoria. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 4, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1989).
Tumwebaze, R., 1989a. Mission report to Kasenyi Fish Landing (20/01/1989). BIOSTAT Field Report No. 5, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1989).
Tumwebaze, R., 1989b. Report on the tour of Masaka Region - Lake Victoria. BIOSTAT Field Report. No. 6, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1989).
Nyeko, D., 1989. Report on the tour of south-western lakes: George and Edward landings. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 7, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (July 1989).
Ikwaput, J., 1989. Report on the mission to Iganga District, 29/5 - 2/6/1989. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 8, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (July 1989).
Nyeko, D., 1990. Report on the trial frame survey conducted around the northern side of the Kome Islands complex (14 –16 February 1990). BIOSTAT Field Report No. 9, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1990).
Wadanya, J., 1990a. Travel report to Lakes Edward/George and Albert. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 10, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1990).
Nyeko, D. & R. Tumwebaze, 1990. The Lulamba Island Complex fisheries: report on a trial frame survey. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 11, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (April 1990).
Ikwaput, J. & R. Tumwebaze, 1989. The present status of fisheries data collection and analysis in Uganda. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 12, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Oct. 1989 - originally issued as BIOSTAT Working Paper No. 4).
Ikwaput, J. & E.J. Coenen, 1990. Report on trip to Masaka Region and Katebo Landing. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 13, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (April 1990).
Ikwaput, J. & J. Wadanya, 1990. Report on the frame survey preparation trip to Ssese Islands. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 14, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Sept. 1990).
Wadanya, J., 1990b. Notes on the fisheries of Lake Victoria, Tororo Region. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 15, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Oct. 1990).
Wadanya, J., 1990c. Observations on the catch assessment activities being undertaken by the ADP team on Lakes Kyoga and Kwania. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 16, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Dec. 1990).
Coenen, E.J., 1991. Operational visit to the Project fisheries regions of Lakes Edward/George and Albert. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 17, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Jan. 1991).
Ikwaput, J., 1990. Report on the frame survey in the Lake Victoria Entebbe Region. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 18, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Dec. 1990).
Wadanya, J., 1991. The catch assessment survey refresher course manual for field staff on Lakes Victoria, Edward-George, and Albert. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 19, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1991).
Tumwebaze, R., 1990. Report on the Lake Victoria frame survey in the Jinja Region. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 20, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Dec. 1990).
Ikwaput, J., 1991. Report on the frame survey for Lake Victoria, Masaka Region. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 21, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Jan. 1991).
Tumwebaze, R. & E.J. Coenen, eds., 1991. Report on the frame survey conducted in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 22, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1991).
Nyeko, D., & E.J. Coenen, eds., 1991. Preliminary results of the frame survey conducted in the Ugandan portion of Lake Albert. BIOSTAT Field Report No. 23, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (April 1991).
SOCIO-ECONOMIC (SEC) FIELD REPORTS
Odongkara, O.K., 1989a. Visit to Kasenyi Landing: 20th January, 1989. SEC Field Report No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1989).
Odongkara, O.K., 1989b. Preliminary report on Kichwamba Region landings: 4th – 7th February, 1989. SEC Field Report No. 2, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1989).
Reynolds, J.E., C.T. Kirema-Mukasa & O.K. Odongkara, 1989. Trip to Jinja Town and UFFRO. SEC Field Report No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & C.T. Kirema-Mukasa, 1989a. Visit to Kampala markets. SEC Field Report No. 4, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & O.K. Odongkara, 1989a. Preliminary notes on Iganga District landings. SEC Field Report No. 5, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & C.T. Kirema-Mukasa, 1989b. Notes on Kichwamba Region. SEC Field Report No. 6, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (July 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & O.K. Odongkara, 1989b. Fish marketing and distribution in Tororo and Mbale Regions: a brief survey. SEC Field Report No. 7, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Aug. 1989).
Reynolds, J.E., F.L. Orach-Meza, & E.J. Coenen, 1989. Moyo District fisheries conditions and prospects. SEC Field Report No. 8, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Sept. 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & F.L. Orach-Meza, 1989. Development and management of Lake Victoria fisheries - deliberations of the CIFA Meeting, Mwanza, Sept. 1989. SEC Field Report No. 9, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Sept. 1989).
Reynolds, J.E. & O.K. Odongkara, 1989c. Socio-economic aspects of fisheries development in Uganda: The ‘FISHIN’ Project. SEC Field Report No. 10, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Nov. 1989).
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T., & J.E. Reynolds, 1989. Brief notes on fisheries production, marketing and credit facilities in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 11, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Nov. 1989).
Odongkara, O.K., 1990. Socio-economic aspects of the Kome Island fisheries: report on a trial frame survey. SEC Field Report No. 12, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1990).
Reynolds, J.E., & W.M. Ssali, 1990. Lake Victoria fisheries industrialisation: recent developments in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 13, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1990).
Reynolds, J.E., J.H. White, & S. Kisembo, 1990. Development of fishing and transport smallcraft in Uganda: past experience and new prospects. SEC Field Report No. 14, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1990).
Reynolds, J.E., 1990. Continuity or crisis? Management challenges for the shared fisheries of the western Uganda Great Lakes. SEC Field Report No. 15, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1990).
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T. and J.E. Reynolds, 1990. Marketing and distribution aspects of Lake Victoria fisheries in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 16, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1990).
Ssali, W.M., J.E. Reynolds, & A.R. Ward, 1990. Fish and fuel, food and forests: perspectives on post-harvest losses in Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 17, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Dec. 1990).
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T., & J.E. Reynolds, 1991. Markets survey 1990: organisation, conduct, and preliminary results. SEC Field Report No. 18, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Feb. 1991).
Kisaamo, P.S., & J.E. Reynolds, 1991. Socio-economic aspects of landings in the Katebo area. SEC Field Report No. 19, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1991).
Kitakule, J., & J.E. Reynolds, 1991. Organisation and conduct of a fishing community survey for Lake Victoria, Uganda. SEC Field Report No. 20, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1991).
OTHER DOCUMENTS
Nyeko, D., 1989. Past and present fisheries statistical systems in Uganda -- a bibliographic study. BIOSTAT Working Paper No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (April 1989).
Wadanya, J., 1989. Fisheries statistical training needs: initial assessment. BIOSTAT Working Paper No. 2, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (July 1989).
Ikwaput, J. & R. Tumwebaze, 1989. The present status of fisheries data collection and analysis in Uganda. BIOSTAT Working Paper No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Sept. 1989).
Wadanya, J., & D. Nyeko, 1989. Fisheries statistical systems in Uganda. BIOSTAT Working Paper No. 4, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Sept. 1989).
Orach-Meza, F.L., E.J. Coenen & J.E. Reynolds, 1989. Past and recent trends in the exploitation of the Great Lakes fisheries of Uganda. Occasional Papers, No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Paper presented at the International Symposium on Resource Use and Conservation of the Great Lakes. Bujumbura, 29/11 - 2/12/89). (Nov. 1989).
Reynolds, J.E., J. Wadanya, & D. Nyeko, eds., 1989. Fisheries statistics and information management in Uganda: past approaches, current status, and future prospects. Field Document No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Nov. 1989).
Reynolds, J.E., 1989. Fisheries development in Uganda: sectoral background and project profiles (No. 1: Stock assessment of national and shared fisheries; No.2: Monitoring of catch, effort, and utilisation; No.3: Eradication of water hyacinth from Lake Kyoga; No.4: Provision of basic inputs; No.5: Development of the Lake Victoria dagaa fishery; No.6: Pilot development of fishing and transport craft; No.7: National fish technology services and infrastructure improvement). Project Profiles, No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Nov. 1989; Rev. Dec. 1989). (Restricted).
Orach-Meza, F.L., 1990. Statistical sampling method for improving the catch assessment of lake fisheries. Occasional Papers, No. 2, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (Paper presented at the International Symposium on Catch-Effort Sampling Techniques and their Application in Freshwater Fisheries Management, Humberside International Fisheries Institute, Hull, U.K., 2–6 April 1990. (June 1990).
Nyeko, D. & T.O. Acere, 1990. Inventory survey of fishing factors in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria. In Occasional Papers, No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1990).
Okaronon, J.O., S. Nkusi, E.J. Coenen, & J. Ikwaput, 1990. Catch/Effort sampling systems in Uganda. In Occasional Papers, No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1990).
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T., P.N. Karuhanga, & J.E. Reynolds, 1990. The collection and use of socio-economic data for the fisheries of Lake Victoria. In Occasional Papers, No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1990).
Reynolds, J.E., 1991a. Restoration of fish farming in southwestern Uganda: pilot phase. Project Profiles, No. 2, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1991). (Restricted).
Reynolds, J.E., & E.J. Coenen, 1991. Emergency formulation project on water hyacinth surveillance and control/eradication in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga and the River Nile. Project Profiles, No. 3, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (March 1991 - Drafted Nov. 1990). (Restricted).
Reynolds, J.E., 1991b. Establishment of visitor/education centre, Entebbe Zoological Gardens. Project Profiles, No. 4, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (May 1991). (Restricted).
Kirema-Mukasa, C.T., & J.E. Reynolds, 1991. Marketing and consumption of fish in Uganda. Occasional Papers, No. 4, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1991).
Reynolds, J.E., & C.T. Kirema-Mukasa, 1991. Review of fish marketing in Uganda. SEC Working Paper No. 1, FISHIN Notes and Records. Fisheries Statistics and Information Systems, FAO/UNDP Project UGA/87/007. (June 1991).
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