Banking on closure: An Octopus bank on the island of KisiwaPanza in Tanzania witnesses a large return on investment after a three month no-take period

Slade, Lorna (2015) Banking on closure: An Octopus bank on the island of KisiwaPanza in Tanzania witnesses a large return on investment after a three month no-take period. Yemaya (49). pp. 6-7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Fishers of the island of KisiwaPanza in the region of Pemba in Tanzania, caught some very large octopus in the first week of July this year. It was a Thursday morning; the 2 of July. More than 600 fishers had converged on the reef flat known as Ngazi, and when the octopi were sighted, pandemonium broke out as people ran to reach the best octopus holes fi rst. One woman pulled an 8 kg giant out from its den, an extremely rare find in KisiwaPanza, where on average 65 per cent of the catch is 600 g or less.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM407
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Tanzania, Islands, Octopus, Closed Season, Tides, No-Take Zones, Livelihoods, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:20
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 10:13
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/832

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