More effort needed to check illegal fishing

Reports from the Lake Zone say that authorities have reduced the use of illegal fishing gear on Lake Victoria by almost 50 per cent in recent years. If this is indeed true, then it is a quite a significant development.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

31 Jan

RC calls for collective effort against banned fishing gear

RC calls for collective effort against banned fishing gear
Daily News
THE Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Fabian Massawe, has called upon residents in the region to collectively fight the use of banned fishing gear, including dynamites. Mr Massawe reminded people engaged in fishing activities to ensure that their ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

08 Sep

More Effort Needed to End Child Labour

More Effort Needed to End Child Labour
AllAfrica.com
FIRST Lady, Salma Kikwete and Danielle de Niese jointly launch the 'Red Card Campaign' in Dar es Salaam aimed at ending child labour. (Photo by Mohamed Mambo). FIRST lady Salma Kikwete has called for members of the public to fight for the rights of ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

10 Aug

Illegal fishing must be effectively tamed

Illegal fishing must be effectively tamed
Daily News
SMALL-SCALE fishermen on the Lake Tanganyika shoreline have come up in arms complaining bitterly that their 802m/- fish market in Kasanga Village in Kalambo District remains in complete disuse even after being opened officially. Construction of the ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

20 Jun

Reps want an end to illegal fishing in Isles

Reps want an end to illegal fishing in Isles
Daily News
ZANZIBAR government has been challenged to control unwanted fishing methods by supplying fishermen with the required fishing gear, a Member of the House of Representatives said on Thursday. “We have been hunting for people using banned means of ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Senegal's battle to end illegal fishing

How Senegal is battling to end costly illegal fishing off its coast

 

11 years ago

Daily News

14 Jan

Lindi police hold five over illegal fishing

Lindi police hold five over illegal fishing
Daily News
POLICE in Lindi district, Lindi region, are holding five people residing in Mchinga ward, suspected of illegal fishing and illegal possession of banned fishing gear. Mching ward executive officer, Mr Saidi Makinda, said the suspects were found with dynamite ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

29 Mar

Appeal Court quashes illegal fishing trial

Appeal Court quashes illegal fishing trial
Daily News
THE Court of Appeal nullified the proceedings in the illegal fishing trial, commonly known as “Samaki wa Magufuli” case involving two foreigners, who were convicted by the High Court and sentenced to ten years imprisonment or pay 21bn/- fine.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Apr

Coastal area management vital in illegal fishing fight

>Villagers living along the coast in Tanga Region have appealed to the government to revive coastal area collaborative management area programmes (CMAPs) in a quest to stem the rising wave of illegal fishing activities along the coast, including dynamite fishing.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Dec

Tanesco in fresh move to check illegal connections

Plans are on for Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco) to conduct a special campaign to curb electricity theft.

 

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