Burundi	D. R. Congo	Tanzania	Zambia	Total
Shoreline (km)	159	795	669	205	1828
No. landing sites	54	417	208	107	786
No. fishers	2021	26308	12510	4118	44957
No. vessels (all)	1350	10530	4776	1587	18243
No. lamps	2444	7712	7635	2588	20379
No. engines	241	415	494	114	1264
No. fishing gear (semi-industrial)  purse seines	2	6	4	16	28
No. fishing gear (artisanal)
chiromila	0	0	0	0	16
beach seines	16	601	496	184	1297
lift nets	438	1350	1158	27	2973
Apollo liftnets	101	23	4	0	128
No. fishing gear (traditional)
lusenga	37	8	271	0	316
gill nets	196	237	2917	2950	6300
long +  handlines	202	12630	7157	755	20744
traps	0	9	0	4	13
* for details please see LTR Technical Documents No. 39 (for Burundi), No. 47 (for D.R. Congo), No. 49 (for Tanzania), No. 52 (for Zambia), and No. 60 (for a lakewide synthesis)