REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS
RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
LAKE TANGANYIKA FISHERIES

REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LAKE TANGANYIKA FISHERIES

Field Report F–1

Prepared by

Philippe Cacaud
Consultant

FISHCODE/MANAGEMENT - GCP/INT/648/NOR

FAO/NORWAY GOVERNMENT
COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, March 1999

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document was prepared as a contribution of setting up a Fisheries Management Plan for Lake Tanganyika, in close cooperation with the project Research for the Management of the Fisheries on Lake Tanganyika (LTR) GCP/RAF/271/FIN

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GCP/INT/648/NOR Field Report F–1(En)pdf

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR LAKE TANGANYIKA FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

2.1 Approaches and principles guiding the elaboration of FFMP
2.2 Observations
2.3 Conservation and management measures
2.4 Accompanying measures

3. REVIEW OF NATIONAL FISHERIES POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

3.1 Zambia
3.2 Burundi
3.3 Democratic Republic of Congo
3.4 Tanzania
3.5 Common deficiencies in institutional frameworks

4. REVIEW OF NATIONAL FISHERIES LEGISLATION

4.1 Zambia
4.2 Burundi
4.3 Democratic Republic of Congo
4.4 Tanzania
4.5 Common deficiencies in legal frameworks

5. INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

6. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN FFMP

6.1 Zambia
6.2 Burundi
6.3 Democratic Republic of Congo
6.4 Tanzania
6.5 Harmonization of fisheries legislation to facilitate the implementation of the FFMP