Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Fisheries in Lake Tanganyika - GCP/RAF/521/EC
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Lake Tanganyika, shared by Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, faces critical challenges in fisheries management and aquatic biodiversity conservation. Overfishing, particularly of juvenile fish, has led to declining fish stocks and the potential collapse of fisheries. Contributing factors include unregulated access, illegal fishing practices, inadequate scientific data and weak coordination between national and regional authorities. To address these challenges, the Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), established in 2009, was mandated to coordinate fisheries and environmental initiatives at a regional level. In collaboration with FAO, the LTA secured funding from the European Union to launch the LATAFIMA project, part of the E€OFISH programme (Contribution of Sustainable Fisheries to the Blue Economy of the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region). The project’s main objectives were to strengthen regional policies and institutional frameworks for sustainable fisheries management and to develop action plans to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.