KENYA 



The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, prepared the following report on the fisheries of Kenya. The report has 

 been edited only slightly to help it conform to other country reports. 5 



1. General Background 



3. International Agreements 



Kenya's Director of Fisheries, Mr. P. N. 

 Kamande, notes that the Government of Kenya 

 practices a conservationist fishing policy and has, in 

 recent years, not licensed any foreign fishing vessels 

 within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic 

 Zone (EEZ) off Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline. 

 Kenya's participation in marine fishing is small due 

 to lack of competitive technology, equipment, and 

 quality control programs for deep-sea fishing. In 

 1992, a total of 8,871 tons of marine fish were 

 landed compared to 183,779 tons of inland freshwater 

 fish. 



2. Regulations 



Conditions of license are determined by the 

 director of fisheries as provided for in the legislation. 

 These include specifying fishing grounds, species and 

 fishing gear. The access arrangements are simple 

 and do not require permanent transfer shifting 

 ownership and registration of foreign vessels to 

 Kenya. 



Kenya has not signed any bilateral fishery 

 agreements. Kenya is among the ten Indian Ocean 

 member countries who have signed a memorandum 

 of understanding for the formation of a West Indian 

 Ocean Tuna Management Commission (WIOTMC). 

 The other countries are Madagascar, Tanzania, 

 Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique, 

 Maldives, Sri Lanka, and India. WIOTMC seeks to 

 coordinate protection and development of marine 

 resources in the region, conduct scientific surveys 

 and solicit external funding for its activities. 



4. Aid Programs 



There are no marine fishery aid programs in 

 Kenya. The Fisheries Director expressed the 

 Government's desire to receive donor funding for 

 improving surveillance capability in Kenya's 200- 

 nautical-mile zone. Funding on a regional basis 

 would be more effective. 



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