Wright, Oliver and Floros, Camilla and Andimile, Martin (2023) Artisanal fisheries in East Africa: An assessment of marine species traded at East African artisanal fishery landing sites. p. 44.
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Small-scale and artisanal fishers contribute significantly to global catch. This is particularly the case in tropical developing regions such as East Africa where fishing effort is concentrated near shore, and a wide variety of reef-associated species are targeted using traditional gear and methods. This is a region of abundant marine biodiversity where coastal communities are heavily dependent on marine ecosystems for food security and economic gain. Alternative livelihoods are scarce in the region, and unsustainable and destructive fishing driven by unregulated or illegal trade risks compromising the productivity of nearshore marine habitats. This report builds on the findings of a previous rapid assessment of nearshore fisheries in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania through a comprehensive photographic survey of the marine species being landed and traded at artisanal fishery landing sites in the region. Trained enumerators photographed and measured fish and other marine organisms for sale at landing sites. Images of marine organisms along with taxonomic information, location, and other supplementary data were recorded in an online database for analyses.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Artisanal Fisheries, East Africa, Fishing Effort, Marine Biodiversity, Coastal Communities, Marine Ecosystems, Food Security, Livelihoods, Marine Species, Fish Landing Centre, Fisheries Trade |
| Subjects: | Fisheries Trade |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2025 04:15 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2025 04:15 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22057 |
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