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fishermen about 450. See “Design and Methodology for the Survey of Somalia Fishing Communities Concerning IUU Fishing” ANNEX IV of Inception Report, June 03, 2014.
• Employed teams of local survey enumerators and trained them on the survey
methodology and how to administer the Somali-translated questionnaire, o
Prior to administering the survey instrument, the survey of fishery sites were characterized via rapid assessment methods including visual walks through the
community and semi-structured conversations with key informants ANNEX I.
o At each survey site, a systematic survey sampling design was used and the head
of the household was interviewed. In some cases, fishermen were randomly selected at community landing centers. The target was to interview 30-40
individuals per community to ensure adequate representation.
● Checked the accuracy of, and corrected the resulting coded, data entries made into
Excel spreadsheets for all interviewees. ●
Conducted brief key informant interviews with officials at the Ministries of Fisheries and Environment in Puntland.
● Conducted key informant interviews with representatives of multilateral agencies and
non-governmental organizations active in Somalia and based in Nairobi. ●
Interviews were also done with prominent Somali individuals with knowledge of Somalias fisheries sector.
1.2 Challenges and Limitations of this Study
This survey was conducted in ten fishing communities along the coastal areas of the country with just under 400 fishermen of formal structured interviews and over 400 key informant
interviews. The survey represents a small sample of Somalias fishermen and fish landing sites. Nevertheless, it aimed to be representative of the various administrative regions and
representative within the communities where interviews took place. While the survey shows significant inter-community variability, which makes generalizing any of the results to any other
region or community difficult, it does provide a snapshot of the marine fisheries sector in Somalia and Somaliland. It expresses a preliminary perspective of fishermen’s views on a
number of issues revolving around illegal, unreported and unregulated IUU fishing and community development. The methodology for this report rested mainly on ascertaining
fishermens perceptions of IUU fishing issues. As such, it has limitations, as does almost any study trying to understand the extent of illegal activities and the reasons for such behavior. For
instance, this survey was not able to gather any direct information on mislabeled or misreported fish products, or obtain estimates on the volume of illegal fish catches by domestic
or foreign vessels. Questionnaires on key informant interviews were sent via email to fisheries authorities at
federal and state levels and included Somaliland. Reports from Puntland and Somaliland were received. However, responses from others were not received at the time of writing.
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1.3 Scope of Field Survey
In administering the structured questionnaire, the consultants and Adeso team selected the following ten major towns and fishing villages in the Somali coastal areas of Kismaayo
Jubbaland, Mogadishu Benadir, Hobyo Galmudug, Garacad, Eyl, Bargaad, Boosaaso Puntland, Lasqoray, Maydh, and Berbera Somaliland. See Figure 1 below
Figure 1. Map of Fishing Landing Sites Surveyed in Somalia
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2.0 OVERVIEW OF FISHERIES SECTOR 2.1 Background
