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Artisanal fishing in East Africa:An Assessment of Marine Species Traded at East African Artisanal Fish Landing Sites

Published 19 September 2023

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Artisanal fishing survey reveals a kaleidoscope of marine species caught in Eastern Africa: almost 10% threatened or prohibited species

Following a seven-month photographic survey, TRAFFIC’s Assessment of Marine Species Traded at East African Artisanal Fish Landing Sites report observed around 70000 individual marine creatures openly landed and traded at sites across Kenya, Tanzania, and the island of Zanzibar. Worryingly, 37 of 489 identified species were Threatened*, Near Threatened*, and CITES-listed species.

Artisanal fishing in East Africa: An Assessment of Marine Species Traded at East African Artisanal Fish Landing Sites

Report author(s):
Oliver Wright, Camilla Floros, Martin Andimile

Publication date:
September 2023


Notes:

* IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM

¹the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

All the species and quantities observed are on the survey results in Annex I, page 26.


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