Buliisa, Uganda | URN | Fishermen operating on Lake Albert in the Bunyoro say the new government fishing regulations are threatening their livelihoods. They say they are struggling to meet licensing requirements and afford the recommended fishing gear. Ibrahim Musa Asaba, a fisherman at Butiaba Landing Site in Buliisa District, …
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Kwania, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Marine Battalion has destroyed 5,780 illegal fishing nets worth an estimated at 1.8 billion shillings in Kwania District, intensifying efforts to protect fish stocks and enforce fisheries regulations on Lake Kwania. The fishing gear had been impounded more than …
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Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from the Bunyoro sub-region have tasked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to intervene and address the persistent insecurity on Lake Albert. President Museveni who is in the Bunyoro sub-region to assess the implementation and progress of the Parish Development model (PDM) met all leaders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three fishermen are reported to have died after jumping into Lake Albert to avoid being arrested by Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU personnel. On Wednesday, four fishermen Richard Onen 25, Samson Jatho 35, Godfrey Obedirwoth 28, and Muzamil Jakisa all attached to Mbegu B landing site …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen and fishmongers at Katosi landing site in Mukono district who deal in silverfish commonly known as mukene have traded accusations of perpetrating bad fishing practices. Those who normally fish from the same areas claim that their colleagues practice bad fishing habits which chase away …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, has called for setting up of beacons on Lake Victoria that demarcate no-fishing zones. According to Nankabirwa who is a former Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Bulago Island covers a lacustrine area where …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officials in the Albertine region have released and deported 35 Congolese fishermen who were arrested on the Lake Albert waters in Kikuube district. The Congolese fishermen were arrested on August 1, 2022 while carrying out fishing activities in the Ugandan waters near Sebigoro landing site. …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persistent robberies and targeted attacks by criminals on Lake Victoria waters are threatening the operations of fishermen in Kalangala islands. According to fishermen at Nkose island, Kalangala district, they have in the last two months lost at least 40 boat engines, estimated at 480 million …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan security personnel have warned Congolese fishermen against crossing to fish from the Ugandan side of Lake Edward. The lake that is shared between Uganda, 29 percent and the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC, 71 percent is a major source of fish species. Last week, Samuel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High court in Mukono has sentenced two fishermen from Kayunga district to 50 years in Luzira prison for murdering their colleagues. Justice Margret Mutonyi delivered the verdict when she found Francis Zarika and James Kirimunda guilty of murdering Robert Kibi and Bete Mugerima, following …
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