UCSD News Bulletin November 2009
Monthly News Bulletin from the Secretariat of Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD)
Rio and beyond……
Beach Management Units as Co-management Institutions for Lake Victoria Fisheries: Milestone or Mirage?
The Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) adopted fisheries co-management in their national fisheries policies and, together as the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), are implementing the approach on Lake Victoria through Beach Management Units (BMUs). These have since become the foundation of fisheries co-management in East Africa, working with local and national government, the private sector processing industry and non-governmental organizations.
However, BMU practice in the three countries is different from the above policy, as evidenced by the serious decline in the Nile Perch stocks in 2009 and the continued presence of illegal methods of fishing (LVFO, 2009). As part of the World Fisheries Day 2009, the East African SusWatch network and ECOVIC Uganda Chapter organized this One - day Seminar that brought together BMU representatives and CSOs from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to share experience with LVFO and the Uganda National Fisheries Resources and Research Institute (NaFIRRI) at Brisk Recreation Center in Jinja (Uganda) on November 24, 2009. Find a presentation from LVFO Overview of the Mandate, Structures, Challenges and Proposals for their strengthening and improvement of BMUs
and also A presentation from NaFIRRI on Uganda’s experiences with BMUs.
