FEATURE : Tanzania sets strategy to end chronic blast fishing

The days of people involved in blast fishing, who are wreaking havoc along Tanzania’s 800-kilometre coastal line, are numbered, warns head of the Multi-Agency Task Team (Matt) deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Daniel Nyambabe.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Blast fishing destroying Tanzania's marine habitats

Blast fishing leaves Tanzania’s coral reefs in rubble

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Nov

Blast fishing in Tanzania: Proof of failure by law enforcers

At the close of a two-day seminar on how to fight dynamite fishing, which was held in Tanga Region last October, it was apparent that the participants, including scientists, fisheries officers, police, magistrates, journalists and fishers showed were unhappy that dynamite fishing was still active along Tanzania’s 800-kilometre long coastal line.

 

9 years ago

Nature World News

31 Dec

Illegal Blast Fishing Destroys Tanzania's Rich Marine Life

Nature World News
Illegal Blast Fishing Destroys Tanzania's Rich Marine Life
Nature World News
Tanzanian fishermen are using a rather aggressive approach to increase their catches – they toss a homemade bottle bombs into the sea, killing hundreds of fish at one time. This dangerous tactic, also known as blast fishing, indirectly threatens ...

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

04 Dec

Tanzania: Govt Urged to Play Part in Curbing Blast Fishing

Tanzania: Govt Urged to Play Part in Curbing Blast Fishing
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — Poor community empowerment and lack of government follow through have been cited as contributing factors to the continued spread of dynamite fishing in Tanzania The Citizen has learned. Local authorities and leaders of Beach ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Oct

FEATURE : Long-term solutions needed to end cholera in Tanzania

Most Dar es Salaam residents are trapped in the vicious cycle of ill-health, urban-poverty and ignorance. A good testimony to this reality is the recent cholera outbreak, which was first reported in the city before it spread to other regions in the country.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Oct

The resurgence of blast fishing

A marine scientist yesterday made damning revelations on the extent of dynamite fishing in some coastal areas of Tanzania, saying the resurgence of blast-fishing has been driven by the availability of illegally-traded industrial explosives and detonation materials, in part, imported for use in the mining sector.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Mar

EDITORIAL: Target majority’s needs to end chronic poverty

>A report by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network released over the weekend provides a disturbing scenario: 20 million people in East Africa are chronically poor!

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 May

Boost sugar processing to end chronic shortages

The concern by MPs, especially those who hail from constituencies where sugarcane is a major cash crop, are agitating for a curb in sugar importation and on the outset, their concern makes a lot of sense. Tanzania is blessed with a climate and soils that are optimally good for sugarcane farming, which means we should boast as global supplier of the sweetening product whose global demand is insatiable.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Blast fishing 'epidemic' sweeps coast

The rich marine life off Tanzania's coast is coming under threat because of blast fishing - a technique using explosives that some fishermen use to maximise their catch.

 

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