Improving fisheries

Angola is the source of both the Okavango and Zambezi basins. Many communities rely on fishing as their main livelihood activity. For communities to benefit from fisheries resources in the long term, ACADIR decided to work with communities to implement more sustainable fishing methods.

We start by identifying fishers (residents in the area who have been fishing for some time). We then build their capacity in sustainable fishing including pre, during and post-harvesting fishing techniques, use of sustainable fishing tools and market research. We also support communities in water basin management, especially around reducing pollution and establishing fisheries reserves, which includes monitoring and evaluation. Fisheries are shared, transboundary resources, which must be sustainably managed to benefit most people.

Many species of fish (bream fish) had disappeared from the stretch of the Okavango river. Today, this species is abundant, and reproduction areas have been recovered. Through water basin management, water quality has improved.