INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
National Fisheries Policy, 2003 Fish Act, 1964
Draft Fisheries Act, 2004
ACTION POINTS FOR LEGISLATORS
Uganda needs to address the increasing fishing pressure and consequent reduction in the country’s total fish pro- duction from 434,000 tonnes in 2004 to 374,000 tonnes in 2007.14
causing a situation where too many people are chasing too few fish leading to over-fishing.15 Fisher folk resort to illicit activities to compensate for the losses in fish capture by using illegal nets.16
This calls for
an urgent need to control human activities for purposes of ensuring a steady fisheries resource base and constant in flow of foreign exchange. The fisheries sector also lacks an appropriate institution- al framework and is lumped within the Ministry of Ag- riculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, which handles typical farming systems. Yet new challenges like climate
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The increasing population in fishing areas is
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