Promoting Community-based and District-scale Resource Management and Zoning
In Mkuranga
Conduct monthly extension visits to two farmers at two pilot farms
Continuous Stopped at
Mpafu; started at
Kisiju Extension in Mpafu for
milkfish and in Mfurumwambao for Tilapia
was terminated. Extension on- going in two new ponds sites at
Kisiju,
In Bagamoyo
Conduct monthly extension visits to advise, document and assess
farming practices. Continuous On
going, 1 phase
finished; preparing
for phase 2.
Policy
Conduct study on fry and fingerling abundance and
seasonality leveraged funds from MASMA
June 2007 Ongoing
The 1
st
progress report produced and submitted to
WIOMSA Conduct assessment of fry and
fingerling collection methods November –
December 2006
Completed Prepare policy brief on milkfish
farming November
December 2006
On-going; Meeting
scheduled for the 3
rd
week of April 2007
Policy brief outline prepared for 3
rd
quarter meetings
Produce milkfish and seaweed economic reports
April 2007 On
schedule Information from initial trial
results already incorporated into reports and final edits after
internal review underway
Conduct regional and national outreach on milkfish farming Complete milkfish guide
integrating results from the pilot fish ponds
February, 2007
Delayed New date:
May 2007 Delayed due to revisions and
new figures being added based on peer review comments and
final pilot trial results
Tilapia farming
Terminated Constant problems of flooding
and drying of ponds. Predation by crocodiles, otters and
destruction by hippos
Seaweed farming In Bagamoyo
Complete comparative economic analysis of floating an off-bottom
seaweed farming methods January –
February 2007
Delay to May 2007
Awaiting comments from SEMMA, adding a section on
economic comparisons between Cottonni and spinosum varieties
Assess dema traps being used to capture fish feeding on the floating
line system conduct monitoring September
2006 Completed
Seaweed farmers highly motivated by the additional
income from trap fishery.
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In Menai Bay
Conduct extension visits for seaweed farming to monitor and
provide assistance on the floating line system
On going Seaweed results extremely
promising. Predation of the seaweed by herbivorous fish;
introducing dema trap fisheries
Shellfish farming in Menai Bay Monitor mortality and growth
Ongoing Ongoing
Mortality rate is low Move additional pens to deeper
water October
2006 Completed
Pens moved, but farmers now prefer the floating line method
which is a better method Pearl shellfish and floating farms
On going Ongoing
The first harvest for pearls and shellfish expected May 2007
Monitor nacre production in oysters
Ongoing Ongoing
Seeded oysters show good growth of nacre. Initial harvest
schedules for May 2007 Conduct additional implants of
pearl oysters Ongoing Stopped
at 98 oysters
Farmers organizing themselves in groups to start group farms
Developing capacity for entrepreneurship of women groups Develop terms of reference for
entrepreneurship training workshop October
2006 Completed Trainers identified; training to
take place April – June 2007 Produce and market shell
handcrafts Ongoing Ongoing Villagers
making shell
handcrafts; marketing to begin after entrepreneurship training
Conduct extension visits ongoing
ongoing
Promoting community-based and district scale resource management and zoning policies Zoning plans for seaweed farming in Mlingotini Bay
Complete existing map with proposed use zones
November 2006
Delayed New date
April 2007 Base maps completed; the maps
discussed with village leaders, fishers and seaweed farmers in
each village to establish zones now being integrated in the
base map; community consultation process took
longer than expected
Establishment of improved harvest practices no take zones for cockles in Menai Bay Generate GIS maps with no-take
zones plotted October
2006 Completed
Draft by laws for three villages November
2006 Completed
Submit by-laws and maps to village council for approval
December 2006
Completed Final submission and approval
in process Development of zoning plan for
the mangrove estuary in Mkuranga to plan orderly and
environmentally appropriate milkfish farming expansion
GIS map created October
2006 Completed
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