Evaluering
Integrated Management of Zambezi / Chobe River System - Transboundary Fishery Resource, Namibia / Zambia / Botswana Final Evaluation Report
The fisheries project area centres on the Caprivi Region in Namibia bordering on Botswana, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.The area, includes the Chobe, Kwando/Linyanti and Zambezi rivers and intervening floodplains, and is a potential Ramsar Wetland Site of International Importance. The Caprivi floodplains are of major global biodiversity importance and the rivers are rich in fish species diversity. A locally threatened fish species, the Caprivi Killifish (Nothobranchius sp.) is found in a small number of rain pools in the Caprivi. A third of the Caprivi floodplain households in Namibia depend primarily on the fishery, and fish are also important in the Zambian economy. Sport fishing is also prevalent. The shared nature of the transboundary fish resource is complex having multiple users who are responsible to different authorities with different rules, having different capabilities and means of enforcement. There are high incidences of illegal fishing methods and limitations in the countries fisheries legislation, and enforcement of it.