Tanga Fisheries Analysis - IUCN

• The local Central Coordinating Committee (CCC);
• The District Council(s) in which the management area in located; and,
• The Fisheries Division in Dar es Salaam.
There have also been three reviews of each management area plan (which have taken place at
different times for each CMA), and again the three levels of approval are required (TCZCDP, pers.
comm.).
Table 1 - History of Management Areas/CMAs Established under TCZCDP
Name of Villagebased
Management
Plan
Kigombe-Tongoni
Boza-Sange
Ushongo-Sange
Date of
Development
(Approval)
July 1996
(1997)
September 1996
(1997)
July 1998
(1999)
Developed or
Incorporated
into
Name of
Collaborative
Management Area
(CMA)
Date of
Development
(Approval)
→ Mtang’ata* 1999
→
Boza-Sange
Mwarongo-Sahare
Mkwaja-Sange
Deep Sea-Boma
Boma-Mahandakini
1999
(2000)
July 1999
(2000)
September 2000
(2001)
September 2000
(2001)
2000
(2001)
* Mtang’ata is the only CMA that straddles two districts (Muheza and Tanga Municipality).
Under these various plans there have been a number of specific fisheries-related management
activities principle amongst which is the reduction or elimination of the use of dynamite (which is in
any case illegal in Tanzania), and the establishment, with full stakeholder participation, of closed
areas. Table 2 presents a summary of the reefs that have been closed and identifies those that
have subsequently re-opened to fishing.
Table 2 - Profile of Reef Closures by CMA
CMA
Reef Name
Date of
Closure
Current
Status
Date of Opening
Boma-Mahandakini Bunju 2001 Closed
Deep Sea-Boma Chundo/Kiroba 2000 Closed
Mwarongo-Sahare Kipwani 2000 Closed
Kitanga 1996 Open 1999
Mtang’ata
Makome 2001 Closed
Shenguwe 2001 Closed
Upangu 1996 Open 1999
Boza-Sange
Mkwaja-Sange
Dambwe 1998 Closed
Maziwe 1975 Closed
No Closures
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