SOME ASPECTS OF LAKE VICTORIA
FISHERIES AND ITS ECOSYSTEM
1,120,944
Enock Mlaponi & Magreth Musiba
Tel: +255 712 366 255
Fifth Standard Round Table Conference at the Archdiocese of
Mwanza St. Dominic Pastoral Centre
21st March 2023
, ABOUT TAFIRI
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)
was established by a Parliamentary Act (No. 6 of
1980) and started its operations in 1983.
Four centres and one Sub-station:
- Kigoma Centre on Lake Tanganyika
- Kyela Centre on Lake Nyasa (Malawi)
- Dar es Salaam Centre on the Indian Ocean
- Mwanza Centre and Sota sub-station on
Lake Victoria including the surrounding small
water bodies
- Headquarters in Dar es Salaam
, ABOUT TAFIRI
• Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) is a
• To promote and conduct research in fisheries and aquaculture
in the United Republic of Tanzania to advise the Government,
public Institutions and other persons or bodies of person
engaged in the fishing industry in Tanzania on the practical
application of the findings
• Researches:
✓ Stocks and catch assessment
✓ Fishing effort (Frame survey)
✓ Limnology
✓ Aquaculture
✓ Fisheries database development
✓ Socio-economic studies
FISHERIES AND ITS ECOSYSTEM
1,120,944
Enock Mlaponi & Magreth Musiba
Tel: +255 712 366 255
Fifth Standard Round Table Conference at the Archdiocese of
Mwanza St. Dominic Pastoral Centre
21st March 2023
, ABOUT TAFIRI
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)
was established by a Parliamentary Act (No. 6 of
1980) and started its operations in 1983.
Four centres and one Sub-station:
- Kigoma Centre on Lake Tanganyika
- Kyela Centre on Lake Nyasa (Malawi)
- Dar es Salaam Centre on the Indian Ocean
- Mwanza Centre and Sota sub-station on
Lake Victoria including the surrounding small
water bodies
- Headquarters in Dar es Salaam
, ABOUT TAFIRI
• Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) is a
• To promote and conduct research in fisheries and aquaculture
in the United Republic of Tanzania to advise the Government,
public Institutions and other persons or bodies of person
engaged in the fishing industry in Tanzania on the practical
application of the findings
• Researches:
✓ Stocks and catch assessment
✓ Fishing effort (Frame survey)
✓ Limnology
✓ Aquaculture
✓ Fisheries database development
✓ Socio-economic studies
