Mozambique fisheries - Mr. Amos Chamussa

27 Pages·2010·3.55 MB·English

by  Amos Tshamussa

MINISTRY OF FISHERIES
Brief Information on the Fisheries Sector in
Mozambique
Second PAG Meeting
Cotonou, 15-18 March 2010
CONTENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Fisheries
(cid:131)
Aquaculture
(cid:131)
2. INSTITUCIONAL
COOPERATION
3. ECONOMIC COOPERATION
22
GENERAL INFORMATION
o Fisheries and related activities so as
aquaculture play a key socioeconomic
role in Mozambique
FISHERIES POLICY- OBJECTIVES
(cid:57) Food Security
(cid:57)
Poverty reduction
(cid:57)
Employment
(cid:57)
Foreign Currency Returns
33
GENERAL INFORMATION
Surface - Moçambique 800 000 km2
Coast Line 2 515 km
Maritime waters 100 000 km2
Inland waters 13 000 km2
Fisheries Potential (1994) 390 000 tons
Aquaculture potential 288 000 ha
Annual catch/production (2008) 120 000 ton
Exports (2008) 11 000 ton
Exports Value (2008) 56 000 000 USD
Fish products imports (2008) 15 000 ton
Employment 140 000 (93% artesanal)
Per capita consumptiom 7-8 kg
44
GENERAL INFORMATION
(cid:137) Of the 120 thousand tonnes (2008)
(cid:57) 86% artisanal fisheries
(cid:57) 13,5% industrial and semi-industrial fisheries
(cid:57) 0,5% aquaculture products
(cid:137) Main export markets
(cid:57)62% EU (wild shrimp)
(cid:57)25% Africa
(cid:57)12% Asia
55
5
GENERAL INFORMATION
Artisanal Fisheries – 2007
(cid:137)
Census
1.200 fishing sites
(cid:131)
136.000 fishermen
(cid:131)
39.000 boats (3%
(cid:131)
motorized,canoes, doughtouts)
42.000 fishing gears
(cid:131)
Commercial Fisheries
(cid:137)
Industrial fleet (200 boats)
(cid:131)
Semi-industrial fleet (330 boats)
(cid:131)
66
GENERAL INFORMATION
Processing Industry
(cid:137)
Moçambique exports raw
o
material (frozen onboard)
Few processing units on land
o
(table)
Processing units
Local (Provínces) Nampula Zambézia Sofala I’bane Maputo Total
Processing(salting,dr 3 4 9 4 11 31
ying,smoking,etc)
Ice 3 4 6 0 3 16
77
GENERAL INFORMATION
Fisheries Ports/Harbours
(cid:137)
Angoche
(cid:131)
Quelimane
(cid:131)
Beira (most important by
(cid:131)
volume of catch )
Maputo
(cid:131)
Naval maintenance
(cid:137)
3 dry docks: Maputo, Beira e
(cid:131)
Quelimane
5 rampas: Maputo (2),
(cid:131)
Inhambane, Beira, Pemba
88
GENERAL INFORMATION
Main marine resources
(cid:137)
, lobsters, crabs
CRUSTACEOUS - shrimp
garoupas, pargos, solhas, ...
DEMERSAL FISH -
PELAGIC - tuna,shark, mackerel, sardines
polvo, mussels, oysters, lulas
MOLUSCS -
99
GENERAL INFORMATION
Main Inland Fisheries resources
(cid:137)
Kapenta – commercial fisheries
Tilápia, carp, catfish, tigerfish, shrimp.
1100