Document type
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
The Parties to this Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on Lake Victoria are: the Governments of the Republic of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda, hereinafter referred to as the Partner States and the “Contracting Parties” of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO). The Plan was adopted by the Council of Ministers of Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization on 27th of May 2004 at Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
Publication date (of file/URL)
5 January 2004
Aichi targets
6.1. All fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches
6.3. Fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems
6.4. The impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits, i.e. overfishing avoided
20. Financial resources from all sources increased
20.1. Mobilization of financial resources implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity from all sources have increased substantially from 2010 levels
Countries
Burundi
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
