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'Mukene' - a rich supply of food
for local people. | The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization was formed through a Convention signed in 1994 by the East African Community Partner States of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as a result of the need to mange the fisheries resources of Lake Victoria in a coordinated manner. The Organisation is an institution of the EAC whose aim is to harmonise, develop and adopt conservation and management measures for the sustainable utilisation of living resources of Lake Victoria to optimise socio-economic benefits from the basin for the three Partner States.
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Nile perch - a source of local wealth
and foreign exchange | The fisheries of Lake Victoria are shared between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and provide an immense source of income, employment, food and foreign exchange for East Africa. The lake produces a fish catch of over 800,000 tonnes fish annually, currently worth about US $590 million of which US $340 million is generated at the shore and a further US$ 250 million a year is earned in exports from the Nile perch fishery. The lake fisheries support almost 2 million people with household incomes and meet the annual fish consumption needs of almost 22 million people in the region.
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Gill netting Nile tilapia | LVFO is implementing fisheries co-management on Lake Victoria, by legally empowering fisheries communities to become equal and active partners with Government in fisheries management and development. LVFO is guiding, supporting and implementing the building of the capacity of communities to participate in management and is making a real difference to their lives.
LVFO warmly welcomes you to its website and looks forward to continued partnership in building the sustainable management of the fisheries and to continuously improving benefits from the fisheries for the Partner States, the fishing communities themselves and the consumers both within the region and overseas
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