ALCOM GCP/INT/555/SWE
Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme GCP/RAF/277/BEL

ALCOM Report No. 18

REPORT ON THE SEMINAR ON FISH PRODUCTION IN LOWLANDS RESERVOIRS, LESOTHO

13 – 14 June 1994
Maseru Sun Cabanas, Maseru

Boyd haight
Senior Agriculturist
FAO/ALCOM

and

Sevaly Sen
Socio-economist
FAO/ALCOM

Funding Agencies:
SWEDESH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPEMENT AUTHORITY
BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION

Executing Agency:
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
December 1995

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The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

PREFACE

The objective of the seminar was to familiarize Government and non-government development workers with Lesotho's lowlands reservoir fishery resource and potential fish production strategies; suggest solutions to fish production issues; and identify opportunities to implement these strategies.

The strategies aimed at a sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources. In mid 1992, ALCOM and the Fisheries Section, Lesotho, revised the sub-project and assigned an ALCOM Staff member to assist with implementation. The summary of the work done by the ALCOM staff member is documented in Field Document No 31, Strategies for Fish Production in Lowland Reservoirs, Lesotho.

ALCOM, the Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme, is a regional aquaculture and fisheries programme of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, it covers all the member-countries of SADC: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

ALCOM's aim is to assist member countries improve the living standards of rural populations through the practice of aquaculture. Toward this end, pilot activities are conducted in selected member-countries to demonstrate new techniques, technologies or methodologies. Successes achieved, ideas derived, and lessons learnt are disseminated for use in the region. ALCOM began its work in 1986 and is funded by Sweden and Belgium, with contributions to pilot projects from member countries.

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