Wetland & Fish Ecology - Enviro Dynamics Namibia

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APPENDIX 3:
Field Notes
FIELD NOTES OSHIKATI FLOOD PREVENTION WETLAND AND FISH SURVEY:
24 – 29 JUNE 2012
A) FISH USE INTERVIEWS / SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
Interview 1
- 26 June Dike 5 – Okatana stream
7 in household, 3M, 4F ages 6-90, Income NDF and Pension – no household
appliances.
2 ladies walking to Okatana, completed Grade 12, Dike site 5 Okatana stream,
Eat tinned fish, marine fish mostly and prefer fish to meat.
Catch fish using mosquito net for eenhango (small fish), baskets, and oshongo (push
basket).
Best time to catch is in afternoons when water is getting low.
Use cleaned mussel shells (onkosa) to pour water to treat small children.
2010 was best year for fish, 2011 good but not better than 2010, 2012 not that high
but plenty of eenhangu (small fish).
2010 + 2011 flood too high (family member drowned), High until June. 2012 flood
low.
Government provided food after flood as little food from own crops, some people
relocated,
This year food from own crops.
7. Did not know about proposed wall, no clear idea of it or likely impacts.
Draft Environmental Impact Assessment: Oshakati Flood Mitigation Project
Specialist Study: Wetland Ecology and Fish Ecology Imputs
July 2012