期刊名称：Fisheries Centre Research Reports / University of British Columbia
印刷版ISSN：1198-6727
出版年度：2007
卷号：15
页码：49-49
出版社：University of British Columbia
摘要：This study reconstructs marine fisheries catches from 1950-2005 for the United Republic of Tanzania,
comprised of mainland Tanganyika and several offshore islands, two of which make up the region of
Zanzibar. For unknown reasons, Zanzibar¡¯s recorded fisheries data are absent from the marine fisheries
landings reported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on behalf of Tanzania.
Furthermore, the mainland fisheries catches were likely at least one-third larger than those reported by
the official data, due to incomplete country-wide expansion of locally sub-sampled catches. Since 2000,
Tanzanian mainland fishers have likely caught around 70,000 tonnes annually, while Zanzibar catch
estimates are around 25,000 tonnes per year. Overall, the United Republic of Tanzania has likely caught
nearly 100,000 tonnes of marine fish per annum in recent years and total marine fisheries catches are
likely 1.7 times greater than those presented by the FAO. These findings support broader research in the
Western Indian Ocean that found historic FAO data to reflect about half of the real total catch in the
region. These findings also call into question current understanding of fisheries stock exploitation in
Tanzania and the recent decision by the Tanzanian government to commence export of marine finfish.
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