INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

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Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

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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

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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