EU supports efforts to stop Nile perch depletion

EU supports efforts to stop Nile perch depletion
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The EU is focused on addressing the problem of illegal fishing in East Africa's Lake Victoria, which has seriously depleted Nile perch stocks, reported In2EastAfrica. Through the SmartFish program, the EU has provided financial and management efforts for ...
EU Keen to Stop Nile Perch DepletionAllAfrica.com

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Sep

6-month fishing bans plan to save Nile perch

After years of foot dragging, the three countries sharing Lake Victoria are all set to impose six-month annual fishing shut-downs in a bid to save the dwindling Nile perch and other fish species effective next month, The Citizen can reveal today.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Sep

EDITORIAL: Nile Perch woes offer fundamental lessons

>The dramatic changes in the fortunes of the Nile Perch-driven economy in the Lake Zone, from the peak to the  rock bottom, are features of a sad narrative. During its heyday from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, the Nile Perch (sangara)was among the most distinctive features of Mwanza, rivalled only by the picturesque rocks.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Sep

SPECIAL REPORT: How Darwinian theory emerged in L.Victoria as Nile perch disappears

>It rose from the ashes to become the backbone of the Lake Zone economy, supporting 300,000 livelihoods directly and another 3 million indirectly, but the Nile perch is now on the brink of extinction, posing a serious threat to Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest fresh water lake.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

United States supports efforts to combat child labor

On April 9, 2014, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Virginia Blaser, Minister of Labor and Employment Gaudensia Kabaka and the Director of ILO Tanzania Country Office Alexio Musindo participated in a Child Labor conference organized by the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam and attended by representatives of the Government of Tanzania, Trade Unions and NGO community at ILO offices in Dar es Salaam.   The conference was held under the theme “Working Together to Combat Child Labor,” and focused on a...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

WORLD BANK SUPPORTS TANZANIA'S EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND MAKE THE POWER SECTOR FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved two operations from the International Development Association (IDA*) to help Tanzania strengthen its capacity to manage public expenditures, its business environment, and the financial sustainability of the power sector. 
Both operations aim to accelerate inclusive economic growth and pave the way for shared prosperity and reduced poverty.
The IDA credit of US$85 million for the Eleventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC 11)...

 

10 years ago

ETurboNews

25 Jun

American government supports wildlife conservation which supports tourism

eTurboNews
American government supports wildlife conservation which supports tourism
eTurboNews
TANZANIA (eTN) - The United States government, through its global development agency, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has this week launched a multi-million dollar project to support wildlife conservation in Tanzania, ...
Tanzania warns of reckless killings of lionsspyghana.com

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

Saving Perch through the court of law

>Alarmed by the dwindling of Nile Perch population in Lake Victoria, caused mainly, by the use of illegal fishing gear, authorities in the Lake Zone regions are turning to the corridors of justice–the court—to curb the massive fishing of juvenile Perch.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

07 Dec

Zimbabwe - Stop It Tanzania! Stop Provoking Us

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Zimbabwe - Stop It Tanzania! Stop Provoking Us
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania, please stop it. As our good first lady Dr Amai Soon-to-be-Professor Grace Mugabe says - please STOP IT!!! Stop trying to provoke us! From the time that your President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli (JPM), 55, was elected into office on October 25 ...
Can Magufuli convert potential into gains in Tanzania?NewsDay
Uncovered rot a sign of institutional failureIPPmedia
Be thankful you are not in Malawi Dr Magufuli, President of...

 

9 years ago

New Zimbabwe.Com

06 Dec

Stop it, Tanzania! Stop provoking Zim

New Zimbabwe.com
Stop it, Tanzania! Stop provoking Zim
New Zimbabwe.com
TANZANIA, please stop it. As our good first lady Dr Amai Soon-to-be-Professor Grace Mugabe says - please STOP IT!!! Stop trying to provoke us! From the time that your President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli (JPM), 55, was elected into office on October 25, ...
Lessons from a spider web: Why Obama wishes he was Magufuli right nowMail & Guardian Africa
Time for business sector to create robust partnership with govtIPPmedia

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