New survey finds artisanal fisher failings in Eastern African

Increased management and law enforcement interventions are needed to ensure East African fisheries and the subsequent trade in their marine resources are legal and sustainable, according to Traffic, with its new report finding that the wide variety of species and the high proportion of smaller-sized fish landed and sold at sites across Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar are cause for concern.

A selection of fish from the surveys

Increased management and law enforcement interventions are needed to ensure East African fisheries and the subsequent trade in their marine resources are legal and sustainable, according to Traffic, with its new report finding that the wide variety of species and the high proportion of smaller-sized fish landed and sold at sites across Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar are cause for concern.