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Legal basis for management plans
A major step taken on the commencement of the project in 1993 was to seek an appropriate
legal backing. This was achieved through the amendments of the old fisheries laws and
regulations of both Niger and Kebbi States. Survey reports indicated that the 67% of the
gillnets, 93% of the driftnets, 73% of the castnets and all beach seines were too small in size
(du Feu, 1993). As a result, a large part of the fish catch consisted of immature fish..
The major components of the Edicts, which are aimed at reducing the by-catches in order to
ensure successful recruitment of the juvenile fish, included:
The establishment of a Kainji Lake Fisheries Management and Conservation Unit to
implement a plan for the management and development of the fishery of the Lake and for the
enforcement of the State Fisheries Edicts and Regulations;
Payment of fishing licence by a fisherman entrepreneur before access is granted to fish on the
Lake;
Prohibition of unregulated mesh sizes of nets; and
Prohibition of other obnoxious fishing methods such as electrofishing, use of explosives,
chemicals, beach seines, etc.
Capacity building of partner organizations and personnel
Since the beginning of the project in 1993, many training courses have been organized and
sponsored for all categories of people involved directly and indirectly in the project activities.
Many short training courses were organized locally and even abroad for counterpart staff of
collaborating institutions. Training sessions were conducted in the project areas of activities
such as computer training, data collection and analysis, extension activities, community
mobilization techniques and the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools for
information gathering from the target groups. It is on record that about 80 people were
trained for about 3,000 days within the project period (Salzewedel 2001).
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NIGERIAN-GERMAN KAINJI LAKE FISHERIES PROMOTION PROJECT (NG-
KLFPP) WITHIN THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE (1993- 2002)
The overall goal of the project is the improvement in the standard of living of fishing
communities around Kainji Lake. To achieve the goal, it was the project’s purpose that the
fisheries of the Lake are managed on a sustainable basis.
These general objectives, goals and purposes are in tandem with those of Sustainable
Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP) which seeks to reduce poverty in coastal and inland
artisanal fisheries communities by improving the livelihood of the people dependent on
fisheries and aquatic resources. The primary target beneficiaries are the fishermen, small-scale
traders and fish processors, most of who are women and most vulnerable to poverty, while the
secondary beneficiaries are the States and Federal Fisheries Departments, fisheries sectoral
planners and others that have responsibility for proper management of the fisheries sector.
The extent to which these general objectives, goals and purposes have been achieved are
summarized below:
l’atelier international sur l’“amplification des ressources halieutiques a travers la gestion participative: Leçons et perspectives,du
12 au 14 Décembre 2002, Bobo-Dioulasso,,Burkina Faso