SADC, Southern African Development Community (2021) Protecting our fisheries: Working towards a common future. Southern African Development Community (SADC), Gaborone, Botswana. ISBN 978-99968-919-1-5
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Fisheries production in Southern Africa has been growing since the 1950s. Production is dominated by capture fisheries, both marine and freshwater, while aquaculture plays a minor role. The total recorded fisheries production within the SADC is around 2.5 million tonnes annually. Marine fisheries contribute about 60 percent of this and inland or freshwater fisheries the other 40 percent. However, these statistics should be viewed with caution. For example, much of the fish caught by informal or small-scale fishers, in both marine and inland fisheries, are not captured in fisheries statistics, if included they may well double the figure. While there are considerable amounts of offshore fish, especially large pelagic species, such as tuna, and small pelagic species, such as sardine and horse mackerel, that are caught by foreign fishing vessels and this catch is unlikely to be recorded in our regional statistics. Fishery statistics provide useful indicators for comparison and to show trends, but they cannot be relied on to tell the full story, for that we must look a little deeper.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Fish Production, Capture Fisheries, SADC, Marine Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Fish Species, Sustainable Development Goals, Capacity Building, IUU |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 10:17 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 10:17 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21843 |
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