MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE
Kenya
ODERO, N.
Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
P.O. Box 58187
Nairobi
OCHIENG, H.K.
Under-Secretary
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
P.O. Box 30027
Nairobi
Tanzania
LIBABA, G.K.
Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam
MAEMBE, T.W.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam
Uganda
ORACH-MEZA, F.L.
Senior Fisheries Officer/Principal
Fisheries Training Institute
P.O. Box 124
Entebbe
OBSERVERS
Commonwealth Secretariat
HAQUE, M.
Director
Food Production and Rural Development Division
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX
KING, H.
Fisheries Officer
Food Production and Rural Development Division
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX
FAO FISHERIES DEPARTMENT
Headquarters
EL ZARKA, S.
Senior Fishery Liaison Officer
Fishery International Institutions and Liaison Unit
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
GAUDET, J.L.
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
Fishery Development Planning Service
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
HENDERSON, H.F.
Chief
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division
KAMBONA, J.J.
Chief
Fishery International Institutions and Liaison Unit
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
KARNICKI, Z.S.
Fishery Industry Officer
Fishery Utilization and Marketing Service
Fishery Industries Division
SSENTONGO, G.
Fishery Resources Officer
Marine Resources Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division
WELCOMME, R.L.
Senior Fishery Resources Officer
Fishery Resources and Environment Division
Regional Office for Africa
WEST, W.Q.-B.
Senior Regional Fisheries Officer
FAO Regional Office for Africa
P.O. Box 1628
Accra
Ghana
| SECRETARIAT | |
| FAO | |
| Secretary of the Sub-Committee | KAMBONA, J.J. |
| Secretaries | BRUSADELLI-ROMAGNOLI, N. SEFIHA, G. |
| Agenda item | Relevant documents | ||
| THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1983 | |||
| Morning: 09.30 hours | |||
| 1 | Opening of the Session | CIFA:DM/LV/83/1 | |
| 2 | Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman | CIFA:DM/LV/83/1 | |
| Under rule XII-1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) the Sub-Committee is required to elect its office bearers at the beginning of each session. | |||
| 3 | Adoption of the Agenda and arrangements for the Session | CIFA:DM/LV/83/1 | |
| 4 | Fishery Management and Development | ||
| (a) | Main management and development issues facing the riparian States of Lake Victoria | CIFA:DM/LV/83/2 CIFA:DM/LV/83/Inf.4 | |
| Document CIFA:DM/LV/83/2 reviews the current fishery situation of Lake Victoria. It examines also the various policy decisions considered or taken by the riparian States - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - in order to increase the exploitation of the resources occurring within their national jurisdiction. | |||
| The document will be supplemented by written statements or oral interventions by delegations on such matters as profiles of national fisheries, policy objectives, development strategies, programmes for management and development of the fisheries and major problems and constraints encountered. | |||
| The Sub-Committee is requested to pay particular attention to those actions which can be undertaken to improve the fisheries at national and regional levels. | |||
| Afternoon: 14.30 hours | |||
| Fishery Management and Development | |||
| (b) | Proposed EEC/FAO regional project for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Victoria. At its first session, the Sub-Committee reviewed and adopted a regional action programme detailing their priority needs and discussed ways in which the three States might undertake cooperative regional actions in fishery development and management. An EEC-funded project for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Victoria to support the CIFA programme of action is proposed. The Sub-Committee is invited to review the proposal, examine its objectives and activities, signify its approval or recommended revisions as appropriate and recommend priority activities and mode of implementation. | CIFA:DM/LV/83/3 | |
| (c) | Identification of additional input required. One of the major tasks of the Sub-Committee in the framework of its function as the coordinating body for development action at a regional level is the identification of gaps in coverage by existing and pipeline projects. | ||
| The Sub-Committee is invited to make appropriate suggestions in this regard and in particular to set priorities for future action at regional level. In doing so the Sub-Committee will greatly assist FAO and other interested donor agencies in formulating and implementing relevant project proposals for Lake Victoria. | |||
| 5 | The Objectives, Role and Functions of the CIFA Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria | CIFA:DM/LV/83/4 | |
| Document CIFA:DM/LV/83/4 provides summary information on the basic characteristics of the Sub-Committee and explains its role of supporting coherent fisheries activities in Lake Victoria. | |||
| The Sub-Committee is invited to take note of the explanations provided, particularly as regards its role on planned or operational projects in Lake Victoria. The Sub-Committee is requested to provide guidance as appropriate. | |||
| 6 | Any Other Matters | ||
| 7 | Date and Place of the Third Session Under Rule IV-2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), the sessions of the Sub-Committee are convened by the Director-General, who decides on the place where they are to be held in consultation with the Chairman and the competent authorities of the host country, taking into account the views expressed by the Sub-Committee. | ||
| The Committee is invited to consider the date and place of its third session in the light of any invitation extended by a member country. | |||
| FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1983 | |||
| Morning: open | |||
| Afternoon: 15.00 hours | |||
| 8 | Adoption of the Report | ||
| CIFA:DM/LV/83/1 | Annotated Agenda and Timetable | |
| 2 | Review of the Status of Fisheries in Lake Victoria | |
| 3 | Proposed EEC/FAO Regional Project for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria | |
| 4 | Objectives, Role and Functions of the CIFA Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria |
| CIFA:DM/LV/83/Inf.1 | List of Documents | |
| 2 | List of Delegates and Observers | |
| 3 | Report of the Fifth Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), Cairo, Egypt, 15–20 January 1983 | |
| 4 | Factors influencing exploitation of Haplochromis stocks: Report by Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team (HEST), Mwanza, Tanzania | |
| 5 | On the Management and Other Considerations in the Northern Part of Lake Victoria: Report by the Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization (UFFRO), Jinja, Uganda |
| Fishery | Target species | Fishing method | Significance in national fisheries | Possible conflicts | Secondary species | Exploitation Status | Fishing trends | ||
| Kenya | Tanzania | Uganda | |||||||
| Anadromous | Barbus altianalis Labeo victorianus Alestes, Schilbe small mormyrids | Traps and lines in rivers: gill-nets in river mouths | 2% | 8% | - | B. altianalis, L. victorianus and S. mystus prone to capture as subsidiary species in small gillnets of the “tilapia” fishery and in trawls | “Stocks” generally depleted around the lake. Labeo and Mormyrus recovering slowly. Data on Schilbe mystus and Alestes jacksonii are not available | Recovery significant in 1982. Catch rose from about 360 t in 1976 to about 1 600 t in 1982 in the Nyanza Gulf. The catch has fluctuated less and remained higher in Tanzanian waters. Similar recovery in the Ugandan section | |
| “Tilapias” | Oreochromis esculentus O. niloticus O. leucostictus O. variabilis T. zillii | 63–114 mm (2.5– 4.5") gillnets set in shallow bays and sheltered shores. Slight differences in placement may alter species ratio | 7% | 20% | 10% | With other gill-nets fisheries for Bagrus, Protopterus and Lates, etc. although larger mesh size and different placement of nets in these fisheries may avoid excessive competition | Synodontis, Labeo victorianus Haplochromis spp. shallow bay communities of insectivores, detritivores, molluscivores and piscivores | The “tilapias” show signs of recovery around the lake, even in the Nyanza Gulf. This is most probably due to the greater use of large meshes | Population recovery is continuing in 1982. Catch in Kenya rose from about 1 000 t in 1976 to about * But in Tanzania catch increased from about 3 600 t in 1976 to about 9 900 t in 1982 O. niloticus forms more than 50% of catch of Tilapiini in Uganda |
| Protopterus/Clarias | Protopterus aethiopicus Clarias mossambicus | Gillnets 127 mm (5" and above) or hook lines set in muds bottomed areas near the papyrus fringe | 3% | 21% | 22% | In case of gillnets possible overlaps with some “tilapia” and with Lates. Mesh size larger than that used for “tilapias” so conflicts limited | Lates niloticus and Oreochromis niloticus (=Tilapia nilotica) | Uncertain but probably near the maximum in Uganda and Tanzania but still on a decline in Kenyan waters | Catch declining in Kenya: about 3 400 t in 1976 and only 2 200 t in 1982. Catch somewhat steady in Tanzania with about 5 000 t in 1976 and 5 000 t in 1982 |
| Bagrus | Bagrus domac | Gillnets 127 mm (5" and above) in the deeper, more open waters and exposed rocky shores | 3% | 6% | 39% | Possible overlaps with O. variabilis but use larger mesh size and spatial separation would keep conflict to a minimum | Uncertain but probably near maximum in the Tanzanian waters around Bukoba. Appear depleted in the Nyanza Gulf, but still Sustained in the Ugandan sector | Fluctuating catch declining catch in Kenya. About 1 100 t in 1976 and 600 and 400 t in 1980 and 1981 respectively. Higher catch magnitudes in Tanzania and Uganda | |
| Trawl | Haplochromis spp. II (Deepwater detritivore-planktonophage species) | Trawls in waters deeper than 20 m outside the bays, gulfs and inlets | 0 | 40% | - | Conflicts with the shallower water gillnet fisheries if trawl operated in waters of less than 20 m | Xenoclarias, Bagrus Synodontis possibly Mormyrus kannume | Underexploited in all countries. Developing fishery in Tanzania around Mwanza Gulf but with signs local decline | Lower catch rates in Nwanza Gulf and slowly declining catch. Information not available in Kenya and Uganda |
| Pelagic | Engraulicypris (Rastrineobola) argenteus and Haplochromis spp. III (pelagic and semi-pelagic species flock of phytoplankton and zooplankton feeders) | (i) Fish are concentrated with light in deeper waters drifted into shallow waters where they are captured with beach seines (ii) Scoop nets and ring nets | 18% | 2% | - | Beach seined destructive catching young and breeding Oreochromis Tilapia and Haplochromis spp. I also young Lates in Nyanza Gulf. Ring nets probably no conflicts | Small immature “tilapias”, Haplochromis and Lates (Nile perch) | Possibly underexploited but its biological and ecological information not adequate A promising new open water pelagic fishery which in the Nyanza Gulf ranks second in to the Lates fishery | Stable catches in Kenya about 8 700 t in 1978 and 9 500 t in 1982. In Tanzania catch around 1 500 t Not a target species in Uganda waters |
| Other Fisheries (i) Haplochromis spp. I | Haplochromis spp. I (shallow waters communities of insectivores, detritivores, molluscivores and piscivores) | Gillnets 25–63 mm (1–2.5") in some waters (mainly in Nyanza Gulf) | 3% | - | 9% | Gillnet fisheries capture juvenile “tilapias”, Lates and Cyprinid fish | Small immature cichlid and non-cichlid fish | Signs of over-exploitation in the shallow Nyanza Gulf, but still persisting in Tanzanian and Ugandan waters | Almost depleted in Kenyan sector Steady catch in Uganda about 2 000 t |
| (ii) Lates | Lates niloticus | Very large mesh gillnets 153– 305 mm (6–12") and larger | 57% | < 1% | > 20% | Possibly with other gillnet based fisheries which may capture Protopterus, Clarias and large “tilapias” | Protopterus, Clarias, Oreochromis Niloticus and possibly Bagrus | Low abundance in southwestern sector between Mwanza Gulf and the Kagera River mouth. A flourishing fishery in the Nyanza Gulf and Ugandan sector extending from Majanji to Entebbe | In Kenyan waters the catch about 4 300 t in 1979 and about 31 000 t in 1982. Increasing catch in Tanzanian waters 15 t in 1980 and 3 200 t in 1982. Catch in Uganda greater than in Tanzania |
| (iii) Mormyrus | Mormyrus Kannume | 102–114 mm (4–4.5") gill-nets in deep-waters of northern sector of lake and around islands | 1% | 1% | 1% | Status unknown but of increasing importance | In 1977 less than 100 t and about 3 000 t in 1982 in Kenya | ||
| (iv) Synodontis | Synodontis afrofischeri Synodontis victoriae | Site specific trawling and gillentting | 2% | 8% | 15% | Possible interactions with Haplochromis spp. III | Possible new fishery with modest potential in deeper waters | Unknown | |
| Catch and % by species | ||||||||||||||
| Species | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | |||||||
| O. esculentus | 49 | (0.3) | 42 | (0.2) | 180 | (0.8) | 94 | (0.3) | 90 | (0.3) | 139 | (0.3) | 399 | (0.7) |
| O. niloticus | 421 | (2.3) | 465 | (2.4) | 972 | (1.1) | 962 | (3.1) | 1 184 | (4.4) | 1 858 | (4.9) | 2 581 | (4.2) |
| O. variabilis | ||||||||||||||
| O. leucostictus | 537 | (2.9) | 928 | (4.8) | 1 454 | (6.1) | 1 683 | (5.5) | 3 739 | (13.9) | 1 900 | (4.9) | 1 495 | (2.5) |
| T. zillii | ||||||||||||||
| Bagrus | 1 025 | (5.5) | 1 141 | (5.9) | 1 396 | (5.9) | 1 769 | (5.8) | 642 | (2.4) | 430 | (1.1) | 2 532 | (4.2) |
| Lates | 94 | (0.5) | 203 | (1.1) | 1 066 | (4.5) | 4 286 | (14.0) | 4 310 | (16.0) | 22 834 | (59.8) | 33 134 | (54.4) |
| Protopterus | 935 | (5.0) | 773 | (4.0) | 612 | (2.6) | 472 | (1.5) | 370 | (1.4) | 189 | (0.5) | 239 | (0.4) |
| Haplochromis | 6 368 | (34.1) | 6 255 | (32.4) | 6 621 | (27.8) | 6 599 | (21.6) | 3 636 | (13.5) | 916 | (2.4) | 2 546 | (4.2) |
| Clarias | 2 507 | (13.4) | 1 755 | (9.8) | 1 729 | (7.2) | 3 029 | (9.9) | 1 223 | (.45) | 1 003 | (2.6) | 2 062 | (3.4) |
| Barbus | 182 | (1.0) | 183 | (0.9) | 199 | (0.8) | 417 | (1.4) | 421 | (1,6) | 292 | (0,7) | 682 | (1.1) |
| Synodontis | 191 | (1,0) | 310 | (1.6) | 155 | (0.6) | 482 | (1,6) | 388 | (1.4) | 127 | (0.3) | 232 | (0.4) |
| Mormyrus | 89 | (0.5) | 102 | (0.5) | 132 | (0.6) | 359 | (1.2) | 333 | (1.2) | 208 | (0.5) | 2 678 | (4.4) |
| Labeo | 123 | (0.1) | 62 | (0.3) | 148 | (0.6) | 443 | (1.4) | 482 | (1.8) | 112 | (0.2) | 918 | (1.5) |
| Schilbe | 57 | (0.3) | 129 | (0.7) | 120 | (0.5) | 320(1.0) | 117 | (0.4) | 45 | (0.1) | 78 | (0.1) | |
| Engraulicypris | 5 652 | (30.3) | 6 704 | (34.7) | 8 710 | (36.5) | 9 321 | (30.5) | 9 443 | (35.1) | 7 635 | (20.0) | 10 419 | (17.1) |
| Other | 447 | (2.4) | 280 | (1.4) | 362 | (1.4) | 356 | (1.1) | 536 | (2.0) | 403 | (1.1) | 963 | (1.6) |
| Total | 18 680 | 19 332 | 23 856 | 30 592 | 26 914 | 38 091 | 60 956 | |||||||
| Species | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | ||||||||
| O. esculentus | 3 592 | (7.7) | 1 256 | (2.5) | 1 564 | (2.4) | 962 | (2.1) | 1 997 | (3.4) | 1 875 | (2.7) | 4 432 | (6.0) | 2 078 | (4.1) |
| O. niloticus | - | 1 031 | (2.0) | 1 645 | (2.5) | 2 968 | (6.4) | 1 608 | (2.8) | 4 212 | (6.2) | 3 931 | (5.3) | 2 368 | (4.7) | |
| O. variabilis | 1 850 | (4.0) | 1 245 | (2.5) | 1 944 | (3.0) | 2 279 | (4.9) | 3 857 | (6.7) | 4 476 | (6.6) | 4 418 | (6.0) | 5 283 | (10.5) |
| O. leucostictus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| T. zillii | 207 | (0.4) | 114 | (0.2) | 172 | (0.3) | 143 | (0.3) | 95 | (0.2) | 201 | (0.3) | 494 | (0.6) | 118 | (0.2) |
| Bagrus | 5 827 | (12.5) | 5 906 | (11.7) | 4 570 | (7.0) | 5 114 | (11.0) | 5 183 | (9.0) | 4 143 | (6.1) | 12 179 | (16.5) | 3 842 | (7.6) |
| Lates | - | - | - | 24 | (0.1) | - | 15 | (0.0) | 234 | (0.3) | 3 238 | (6.4) | ||||
| Protopterus | 6 180 | (13.3) | 3 100 | (6.1) | 7 243 | (11.1) | 4 029 | (8.9) | 4 603 | (8.0) | 6 129 | (9.0) | 5 144 | (7.0) | 2 635 | (5.2) |
| Haplochromis | 16 148 | (36.6) | 25 184 | (49.8) | 36 158 | (55.3) | 18 810 | (40.4) | 21 760 | (37.8) | 25 036 | (37.1) | 27 249 | (37.0) | 20.305 | (40.3) |
| Clarias | 2 508 | (5.4) | 1 980 | (3.9) | 2 622 | (4.0) | 2 860 | (6.2) | 2 558 | (4.4) | 4 108 | (6.0) | 3 920 | (5.3) | 2 485 | (4.9) |
| Barbus | 232 | (0.5) | 161 | (0.3) | 153 | (0.2) | 129 | (0.3) | 364 | (0.6) | 256 | (0.3) | 217 | (0.2) | 206 | (0.4) |
| Synodontis | 2 295 | (4.9) | 3 166 | (6.3) | 3 152 | (4.8) | 2 270 | (4.9) | 4 334 | (7.5) | 8 661 | (12.8) | 2 749 | (3.7) | 2 206 | (4.3) |
| Mormyrus | 80 | (0.2) | 88 | (0.2) | 106 | (0.2) | 99 | (0.2) | 406 | (0.7) | 315 | (0.4) | 163 | (0.2) | 124 | (0.2) |
| Labeo | 1 601 | (3.4) | 3 611 | (7.1) | 736 | (1.1) | 2 309 | (5.0) | 6 849 | (11.9) | 3 456 | (5.1) | 1 639 | (2.2) | 1 306 | (2.5) |
| Schilbe | 1 015 | (2.2) | 1 373 | (2.7) | 2 771 | (4.2) | 1 216 | (2.6) | 1 638 | (2.8) | 1 704 | (2.5) | 2 626 | (3.5) | 2 384 | (4.7) |
| Engraulicypris | - | 252 | (0.5) | 2 513 | (3.8) | 1 569 | (3.4) | 1 598 | (2.8) | 1 567 | (2.3) | 344 | (0.4) | - | ||
| Other | 5 058 | (10.9) | 2 117 | (4.2) | - | 1 720 | (3.7) | 1 063 | (1.8) | 1 332 | (1.9) | 3 720 | (5.0) | 1 685 | (3.3) | |
| Total | 46 649 | 50 240 | 65 166 | 45 810 | 57 588 | 67 486 | 73 449 | 59 283 | ||||||||
| Catch and % by species | |||||||||||||
| Species | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980a | 1981a | 1982a | |||||
| O. esculentus | 70 | (0.5) | 50 | (0.5) | 760 | (4.9) | 760 | (4.9) | 180 | (1.1) | |||
| O. niloticus | 5 890 | (38.0) | 1 300 | (11.7) | 1 100 | (7.1) | 1 100 | (7.1) | 750 | (4.5) | 19 700 | 6 300 | 4 300 |
| O. variabilis | 860 | (5.5) | 400 | (3.6) | 980 | (6.3) | 970 | (6.2) | 570 | (3.4) | |||
| O. leucostictus | 130 | (0.8) | 60 | (0.5) | 140 | (0.9) | 140 | (0.9) | - | ||||
| T. zillii | 50 | (0.3) | 40 | (0.4) | 130 | (0.8) | 130 | (0.8) | 150 | (0.9) | |||
| Bagrus | 2 930 | (18.9) | 4 380 | (39.5) | 4 910 | (31.5) | 4 900 | (31.5) | 6 530 | (39.0) | |||
| Lates | 250 | (1.6) | 540 | (4.9) | 460 | (2.9) | 460 | (3.0) | 190 | (1.1) | 5 600 | 16 500 | 20 340 |
| Protopterus | 195 | (12.6) | 1 800 | (16.2) | 2 270 | (14.6) | 2 300 | (14.8) | 1 370 | (8.2) | |||
| Haplochromis | 1 690 | (10.9) | 1 000 | (9.0) | 1 560 | (10.0) | 1 560 | (10.0) | 1 550 | (9.2) | |||
| Clarias | 1 290 | (8.3) | 1 320 | (11.9) | 1 920 | (12.3) | 1 900 | (12.2) | 2 330 | (13.9) | |||
| Barbus | 260 | (1.4) | 130 | (1.2) | 530 | (3.4) | 530 | (3.4) | 360 | (2.1) | |||
| Synodontis | 70 | (0.5) | 40 | (0.4) | 570 | (3.7) | 540 | (3.4) | 2 540 | (15.2) | |||
| Mormyrus | 40 | (0.3) | 20 | (0.2) | 240 | (1.5) | 240 | (1.5) | 130 | (0.8) | |||
| Labeo | 10 | (0.1) | 10 | (0.1) | 30 | (0.2) | 30 | (0.2) | 40 | (0.2) | |||
| Engraulicypris | 10 | (0.1) | 10 | (0.1) | 70 | (0.4) | |||||||
| Total | 15500 | 11 100 | 15 600 | 15 560 | 16 760 | 30 000 | 30 000 | 30 000 | |||||
