Sea Cucumber Fishery in Tanzania: Identifying the Gaps in Resource Inventory and Management

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dc.contributor.authorKithakeni, Twalibu M.
dc.contributor.authorMgaya, Yunus D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T12:29:20Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T12:29:20Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe story of over-exploitation of sea cucumbers in Tanzania has been repeated in many locations throughout the Indian Ocean. Collection methods include (i) hand-picking, (ii) collection by free diving using homemade goggles and (iii) SCUBA diving in a few locations. Neither fishery regulations, nor mariculture or resource inventories have been conducted as steps towards management and conservation of sea cucumber in Tanzania. Data was compiled from various works carried out on the sea cucumber resource in Tanzania and from questionnaires that were given to sea cucumber dealers and fishery officials. This approach revealed several factors underlying the lack of management of sea cucumber resources, notably (a) the extent to which the stock size of this resource is known to fishers of Tanzania, (b) the lack of a proper management framework and stock assessment on sea cucumbers, and (c) scientific orientation of funding agencies and research findings contrary to dealers’ level of education and technological capacity. The appropriate actions to achieve successful management of sea cucumbers should be taken in phases. That is, to raise the fishers awareness, carry out resource assessment, implementation of regulations and establishment of a pilot small-scale mariculture activity of the most known species in Tanzania, Holothuria scabraen_US
dc.identifier.citationMmbaga, T.K. and Mgaya, Y.D., 2005. Sea cucumber fishery in Tanzania: identifying the gaps in resource inventory and management. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, pp.193-204.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2929
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHolothuriansen_US
dc.subjectExploitationen_US
dc.subjectMaricultureen_US
dc.subjectWestern Indian Oceanen_US
dc.titleSea Cucumber Fishery in Tanzania: Identifying the Gaps in Resource Inventory and Managementen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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