- Title
- Rapid biological assessment of the fishery potential of Xonxa Dam, near Queenstown, South Africa
- Creator
- Richardson, T J, Booth, Anthony J, Weyl, Olaf L F
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125798
- Identifier
- vital:35818
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.2989/AJAS.2009.34.1.9.734
- Description
- In Africa, the harvesting of fish from small reservoirs has been identified as an important food resource for small rural communities, particularly those living close to waterbodies (Kapetsky and Petr 1984, Marshall and Maes 1994, van der Knaap 1994). Development of fisheries to utilize these resources has recently been identified by the African Union as a priority investment area for poverty alleviation and regional economic development (NEPAD 2005). Within a South African context, it is suspected that there will be increased interest in developing these fisheries to address major national policy objectives, which include food security, economic empowerment, optimal economic benefit from water, and poverty eradication (RSA 1998a, 1998b). South Africa, however, presents a somewhat anomalous situation. The lack of a fishing history in communities, the lack of species with a high fisheries potential, inadequate inland fisheries policy and a lack of directed fisheries development have resulted in low utilisation levels of fish resources in South African reservoirs (Weyl et al. 2007).
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of Marine Science, Richardson, T.J., Booth, A.J. and Weyl, O.L.F., 2009. Rapid biological assessment of the fishery potential of Xonxa Dam, near Queenstown, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 34(1), pp.87-96, African Journal of Marine Science volume 34 number 1 87 96 2009 1608-5914
- Rights
- African Journal of Marine Science
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