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Lake Tanganyika Framework Fisheries Management Plan

Year of publication 1999

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Author Reynolds, J.E.

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) 1. Lake Tanganyika (map, Figure 1) hosts one of the largest inland fisheries in Africa, second only to Lake Victoria in volume of production (FAO 1995a). It therefore represents a significant source of food and livelihood for millions of people dwelling within and around its basin. The lake and its environs support a wide array of subsistence and commercial activity as well as a remarkable assemblage of tropical flora and fauna, including highly diverse populations of endemic fish, all within a setting of striking scenic appeal. The conservation value of the lake is thus also of enormous importance (Beadle 1981; Coulter 1991; Hanek 1994; Hanek and Craig 1996; Quan 1996). 2. Amidst growing concerns over the environmental status, endangered biodiversity, and possible over-fishing of this unique lake, efforts have been mounted since 1992 through the FAO-executed Lake Tanganyika Research (LTR) Project (GCP/RAF/271/FIN), to investigate Tanganyika’s biological productio n and fisheries potential, and to devise modalities for the optimal management, on a regional scale, of its fisheries resources to serve present and future human welfare and biological conservation needs (FAO 1992).....

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