Fisheries
Kenyan Fishers Call for Government Action to Improve Working Conditions
ITF Ship Inspector Betty Makena facilitating at the workshop on Labour and fishing work on board fishing vessels. Photo Courtesy | Mazera Ndurya. Listening to fishers tell their stories of the escapades while at sea fishing in canoes and other small boats can be heart wrenching and one would even think all is rosy for…
Science and Research offer hope for Africa’s Artisanal fishers’ challenges
Dr Emmanuel Mbaru (front left) and other members of Marine & Coastal Operations for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (MARCOSIO) consortium during the GMES&Africa Forum in Sham El Sheikh, Egypt| Photo courtesy WIOMSA In the past elders would predict the weather and then warn fishermen of impending storms and their forecast was reliable. Fisheries was largely…
Safeguarding coral reefs through responsible tourism practices
Traditional dhow used for marine excursion to Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Protected Area. Photo|Joshua Wambugu Growing up in Wasini village, Suleiman Kionzo, whose matrimonial home is in Lunga Lunga, an area bordering Kenya and Tanzania, was molded into becoming one of the prominent boat operators in the Shimoni region. Kionzo, who is a member of the Wasini…
