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National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI)
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Jinja, Uganda
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http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/19341
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2020-09-07 22:06:21
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19341
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National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Uganda
Publication Date:
2021-06-26
Description:
Decline in fish stocks and fish species diversity due to excessive fishing effort. 2. Use of destructive fishing gears and methods e.g seines, cast nets, of recent mono-filament nets, tycooning, etc. 3. Capture of immature fish. 4. Invasion by water hyacinth and floating sudds 5. Ineffective management of fisheries due to limited (reluctance) community participation in lake management affairs. 6. Of recent, illegal buying and selling of fish in the lake without landing deprives the department of statistics and also puts the owner of fishing vessels at risk. 7. Lack of coordination among fisheries departments of districts of Kyoga basin (Le. differences in policies from districts to district -laxity in law enforcement). 8. Inadequate investment skills among fishers . .9. Political interference -creation of illegal landings 1a.llI-facilitated field staff. makes monitoring difficult and kills morale • . 11. Pollution and degradation of• the fish habitat from construction works and agro-cbemicals. 12. Poor infrastructure 13. Lack of control of licensing by fisheries staff 14.The rising water levels in the lake cause serious impacts to the fishing expeditions by way of destruction of the fishing gears and sudden blockages of landing site entries. 15. Some areas at the •shoreline show high degree of sedimentation. These areas being breeding areas for fish are seriously interfered. 16. Water hyacinth is still highly patched in some fishing grounds
Keywords:
Fisheries
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AquaDocs
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