TABLE 1. AGENCIES INVOLVED IN FISHERIES STATISTICS COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT
AGENCY | RESPONSIBILITIES |
Field staff | AFDOs or FAs with duties of primary data collection at landing sites, and of carrying out basic law enforcement and extension work. |
Regional officers | Responsible for overall administration of local fisheries, licensing and law enforcement, evaluating and monitoring statistics for stock management, and overseeing fisheries development activities. |
Local Government Authorities | Issue fish traders' licenses at district level; compile lists of traders for transmission through District Fisheries Officers to Fisheries Headquarters. |
Customs posts | Submit regional returns on quantities of fish imported and exported through border stations, together with names of importers and exporters and the license numbers of exporters. |
Fish markets | Generally staffed by Fisheries Marketing Assistants and AFDOs who are responsible for the collection of data on volumes and prices of fresh and processed fish being sold. |
Headquarters | Overall administration of data and information resources in the Department; collation of returns from all sources; quality assessment, compilation, tabulation, processing, and analysis of national data; dissemination of information through publications and annual reports; appropriate follow-up activities for the benefit of sectoral planning; and liaison with other agencies and projects concerned with the collection, analysis and use of fisheries statistics. |
TABLE 2. UFD STAFF DISPOSITION IN THE PROJECT AREA
REGION | SFO | FO | FDO | AFDO | FA | FMA/FG |
Headquarters Statistical Unit | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kalangala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
L. V. Entebbe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 3 |
Jinja | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
Masaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 1 |
Tororo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Kichwamba | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 1 |
Masindi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
TOTALS | 3 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 130 | 6 |
TABLE 3. MONTHLY RETURN, KICHWAMBA REGION, DEC. 1988
SPECIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TILAPIA | BAGRUS | BARBUS | CLARIAS | PROTOPTERUS | MORMYRUS | LABEO | TOTALS | |||||||||||||||||
LANDINGS | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. | No. | Wt. | Val. |
RWENSHAMA | 16919 | 8459 | 676767 | 10495 | 26237 | 241385 | 538 | 269 | 53800 | 712 | 2278 | 149520 | 949 | 4082 | 322660 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 1 | 0.8 | 50 | 41327.8 | 1444295 | |
KATWE | 45696 | 3864745 | 14321 | 1175753 | 65 | 9510 | 1014 | 83625 | 4131 | 460632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65227 | 5594265 | ||||||
KISHENYI | 28004 | 1676812 | 8720 | 55910 | 36724 | 1732722 | ||||||||||||||||||
KAYANJA | 34240 | 17120 | 1712000 | 2198 | 3297 | 285740 | 233 | 18640 | 214 | 428 | 53500 | 198 | 693 | 79200 | 3 | 1.2 | 120 | 13 | 532 | 520 | 172397 | 1998168 | ||
KAZINGA | 44256 | 19915 | 1194900 | 1706 | 2559 | 383850 | 317 | 95 | 11400 | 43 | 34 | 3400 | 77 | 77 | 7700 | 22680 | 1601250 | |||||||
KATUNGURU(K) | 6381 | 2552 | 319050 | 4775 | 1775 | 14200 | 266 | 106 | 10640 | 533 | 800 | 133250 | 1303 | 3909 | 390900 | 31 | 15 | 1550 | 9157 | 869590 | ||||
KATUNGURU(B) | 16143 | 8072 | 80715 | 729 | 1021 | 72900 | 333 | 133 | 1064 | 513 | 690 | 76950 | 872 | 1308 | 21800 | 11224 | 253429 | |||||||
KASHAKA | 9865 | 4819 | 246625 | 2565 | 3679 | 551100 | 27 | 34 | 350 | 200 | 349 | 30000 | 1021 | 2630 | 255250 | 11511 | 1083325 | |||||||
KASENYI | 8919 | 4816 | 178380 | 6380 | 10208 | 574200 | 150 | 300 | 15000 | 2600 | 7800 | 260000 | 23124 | 1027580 | ||||||||||
KAYINJA | 14688 | 6609 | 367200 | 8482 | 17723 | 678560 | 9 | 4 | 270 | 529 | 793 | 37030 | 5115 | 15345 | 460350 | 40474 | 1543410 | |||||||
KAHENDERO | 8860 | 4430 | 354400 | 3480 | 6960 | 348000 | 2070 | 5175 | 310500 | 5560 | 33360 | 2335200 | 49925 | 3348100 | ||||||||||
MAHYORO | 45254 | 22627 | 1131350 | 3900006 | 7812 | 312480 | 106 | 106 | 3180 | 442 | 1326 | 48620 | 2377 | 7131 | 309010 | 39002 | 1804640 | |||||||
HAMUKUNGU | 52970 | 23837 | 1059400 | 2700 | 3890 | 216000 | 650 | 1430 | 55250 | 1170 | 3040 | 117000 | 4 | 3 | 600 | 32200 | 1448250 | |||||||
TOTALS | 196956 | 12862337 | 108202 | 4910078 | 19452 | 90428 | 67689 | 943343 | 162013 | 4940505 | 140 | 2283 | 520.8 | 50 | 554972.8 | 23749024 |
Source: Uganda Fisheries Department (1989).
TABLE 4. ESTIMATED CATCHES FROM LAMBU LANDING, MASAKA REGION, 1988
SPECIES | ||||||||||||||
MONTHS | LATES | TILAPIA | BAGRUS | BARBUS | CLARIAS | PROTOPTERUS | TOTALS | |||||||
WT. | VAL | WT. | VAL | WT. | VAL | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | |
JANUARY | 27 | 1.17 | 0.84 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.018 | 1.44 | 0.054 | 29.46 | 1.352 |
FEBRUARY | 17.5 | 0.9 | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 0.63 | 0.04 | 18.85 | 1.03 |
MARCH | ||||||||||||||
APRIL | 24 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.08 | 0.72 | 0.042 | 25.92 | 0.302 |
MAY | ||||||||||||||
JUNE | ||||||||||||||
JULY | 35 | 2.45 | 3.2 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.6 | 0.02 | 39.16 | 2.94 |
AUGUST | 18 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.044 | 1.2 | 0.08 | 21.33 | 2.544 |
SEPTEMBER | ||||||||||||||
OCTOBER | 31.5 | 1.34 | 2.2 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.06 | 2.2 | 0.14 | 38.3 | 1.86 |
NOVEMBER | 39.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.06 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 44.9 | 2.98 |
DECEMBER | ||||||||||||||
TOTALS (1) | 192.4 | 10.36 | 11.76 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 0.392 | 9.09 | 0.576 | 215.92 | 13.008 |
EST. TOTALS | 329.83 | 17.76 | 20.16 | 2.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.58 | 0.67 | 15.58 | 0.99 | 370.15 | 22.30 |
Source: Uganda Fisheries Department (1989).
TABLE 5. ESTIMATED CATCHES FROM SAMPLED LANDINGS, LAKES EDWARD-GEORGE/KAZINGA CHANNEL, 1988
SPECIES | ||||||||||||||||
LANDINGS | TILAPIA | BAGRUS | BARBUS | CLARIAS | PROTOPTERUS | MORMYRUS | LABEO | TOTALS | ||||||||
WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | WT. | VAL. | |
KASHAKA | 55.96 | 2.35 | 47.24 | 4.58 | 1.02 | 0.05 | 7.31 | 0.27 | 27.49 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.02 | 9.14 |
KASHENYI | 59.35 | 2.03 | 142.47 | 6.65 | 0.85 | 0.44 | 6.33 | 0.26 | 111.6 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320.6 | 12.31 |
KAYINJA | 107.45 | 4.8 | 263.6 | 13.96 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 16.04 | 0.63 | 222.65 | 5.24 | 0.002 | 0.0001 | 0 | 0 | 611.942 | 24.7301 |
KAHENDERO | 57.38 | 4.54 | 133.85 | 5.5 | 26.19 | 0.66 | 157.3 | 8.29 | 748.9 | 24.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1123.62 | 43.54 |
HAMUKUNGU | 209.35 | 10.04 | 45.16 | 1.6 | 0.69 | 0.11 | 12.2 | 0.46 | 32.07 | 1.06 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0 | 0 | 299.473 | 13.271 |
KAYANJA | 143.24 | 17.45 | 119.13 | 13.44 | 7.23 | 0.5 | 11.78 | 0.92 | 23.45 | 1.73 | 0.07 | 0.002 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 305.16 | 34.062 |
KAZINGA | 335.45 | 37.96 | 93.16 | 5.67 | 1.79 | 0.24 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 10.36 | 0.64 | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.023 | 0.008 | 445.896 | 44.832 |
RWENSHAMA | 341.24 | 17.45 | 358 | 20.95 | 12.44 | 1.82 | 55.96 | 2.02 | 53.35 | 2.67 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.003 | 821.48 | 44.973 |
KISHENYI | 187.5 | 10.25 | 70.25 | 6.16 | 2.7 | 0.16 | 6.62 | 0.37 | 10.19 | 0.7 | 0.022 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.02 | 277.289 | 17.664 |
KATWE | 428.51 | 36.22 | 250.5 | 37.6 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 47 | 5 | 63.3 | 6 | 0.11 | 0.011 | 0.043 | 0.012 | 795.863 | 85.443 |
MAHYORO | 218.1 | 10.7 | 130.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.05 | 18 | 0.71 | 82.4 | 2.86 | 0.001 | 0.0001 | 0 | 0 | 451.701 | 18.0201 |
KATUNGURU(B) | 57.7 | 3.03 | 42.7 | 2.36 | 6.7 | 0.27 | 30.1 | 1.47 | 61.09 | 4.53 | 0.032 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 198.322 | 11.72 |
KATUNGURU(K) | 41.9 | 2.26 | 28.91 | 1.16 | 5.2 | 0.24 | 12.4 | 1.06 | 57.4 | 3.31 | 0.1 | 0.006 | 0 | 0 | 145.91 | 8.036 |
GRAND TOTALS | 2243.13 | 159.08 | 1725.77 | 123.33 | 75.81 | 5.24 | 386.14 | 21.76 | 1504.25 | 58.11 | 0.793 | 0.1582 | 0.383 | 0.063 | 5936.276 | 367.7412 |
Source: Uganda Fisheries Department (1989).
TABLE 6. DERIVATION OF ESTIMATED TOTAL CATCH, LAKE VICTORIA, 1988
REGION | TOTAL NO. BOATS SAMPLED LANDINGS | TOTAL CATCH SAMPLED LANDINGS | MEAN CATCH/BOAT SAMPLED LANDINGS | ESTIMATED GRAND TOTAL NO. BOATS | TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL CATCH |
MASAKA REGION | 398 | 10,949.66 | 27.50 | 418 | 11,499.89 |
LAKE VICTORIA EAST | 247 | 5,586.92 | 22.62 | 630 | 14,250.04 |
JINJA REGION | 327 | 7,396.74 | 22.62 | 644 | 14,567.88 |
TORORO REGION | 118 | 567.17 | 4.81 | 475 | 2,283.10 |
SSESE(KALANGALA) | 472 | 7,715.70 | 16.35 | 577 | 9,432.12 |
MUKONO DISTRICT | 1089 | 31,163.89 | 28.62 | 1924 | 55,059.07 |
TOTALS | 2651 | 63,380.08 | 20.42 | 4668 | 107,092.1 |
Source: UGANDA FISHERIES DEPARTMENT RECORDS 1989.
TABLE 7. ESTIMATED NATIONAL CATCH, 1988
SPECIES | ||||||||||||||||||
WATER BODY | LATES | TILAPIINES | HYDROCY. | ALESTES | BAGRUS | BARBUS | DISTICH. | SYNOD. | CLARIAS | PROTO. | AUCHENO. | LABEO | MORYRUS | SCHILBE | HAPLOCHR. | RASTR. | TOTALS | |
ALBERT | WT. | 2997.77 | 2657.58 | 3936 | 478.72 | 740.35 | 132.16 | 13.46 | 278.83 | 312.86 | 364 | 313.76 | 294 | 10.11 | 4.98 | 0 | 0 | 12534.58 |
VAL. | 180 | 148.93 | 259.09 | 46.56 | 50.59 | 6.79 | 0.88 | 21.03 | 15.08 | 18.54 | 19.43 | 17.69 | 0.87 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 785.61 | |
VICTORIA | WT. | 92031.95 | 11569.66 | 0 | 0 | 206.01 | 30.01 | 0 | 5.46 | 429.44 | 314.85 | 0 | 3.34 | 21.95 | 31.37 | 415.51 | 2032.55 | 107092.1 |
VAL. | 5838.7 | 857.15 | 0 | 0 | 30.37 | 2.98 | 0 | 0.1 | 56.41 | 24.27 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.01 | 21.22 | 90.41 | 6926.12 | |
KYOGA | WT. | 14322.44 | 66281.17 | 0 | 0 | 12.22 | 26.97 | 0 | 0 | 2141.69 | 3814.88 | 0 | 0 | 148.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86747.84 |
VAL. | 1013.55 | 4310.57 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 299.45 | 367.85 | 0 | 0 | 24.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6017.08 | |
EDWARD/GEORG & KAZINGA | WT. | 0 | 2243.13 | 0 | 0 | 1725.77 | 75.81 | 0 | 0 | 386.14 | 1504.25 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5936.27 |
VAL. | 0 | 159.08 | 0 | 0 | 123.33 | 5.24 | 0 | 0 | 21.76 | 58.11 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 367.74 | |
WAMALA | WT. | 0 | 289.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.37 | 83.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 412.31 |
VAL. | 0 | 12.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.03 | |
ALBERT NILE | WT. | 42.06 | 123 | 141.8 | 177.6 | 19.36 | 19.36 | 4.68 | 23.52 | 5.4 | 1.56 | 13.8 | 22.8 | 12.42 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 608.56 |
VAL. | 4.44 | 10.2 | 11.52 | 17.64 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 0.61 | 1.2 | 0.36 | 0.05 | 1.08 | 1.62 | 0.59 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 52.12 | |
OTHER WATERS | WT. | 0 | 456.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.43 | 349.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 959.6 |
VAL. | 0 | 32.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.69 | 19.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 65.36 | |
TOTALS | WT. | 109394.2 | 83620.43 | 4077.8 | 656.32 | 2703.71 | 284.31 | 18.14 | 307.81 | 3460.33 | 6432.26 | 327.56 | 320.52 | 193.74 | 37.55 | 424.01 | 2032.55 | 214291.2 |
VAL. | 7036.69 | 5530.49 | 270.61 | 64.2 | 205.82 | 17.81 | 1.49 | 22.33 | 406.85 | 491.56 | 20.51 | 20.27 | 28.31 | 1.19 | 23.52 | 90.41 | 14232.06 |
Source: Uganda Fisheries Department (1989).