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Aquarium fishes - Kenya
Fact Sheet Title  Fact Sheet
Status of stocks and resources 2019
Aquarium fishes - Kenya
Fact Sheet Citation  
Owned byFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – ownership
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Species List:
Amphiprion spp
ident Block Aquarium fishes - Kenya
Aq Res
Biological Stock:  Biological Stock         Value: National
Management Unit:  Management Unit         Reference Year: 2019
 
 
Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State Trend Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State TrendOverexploitedNot applicable
Aq Res State TrendUnknownUncertain/Not assessed

Some stocks exploited by the aquarium fishery are assessed to be at high risk of overfishing. Pomacanthidae sp., Amphiprion sp. vulnerable to overfishing.
Habitat Bio
Climatic Zone: Tropical.   Vertical Dist: Demersal/Benthic.  


• Abnormal phenomena: 1) Coral bleaching. 2) River sedimentation.
• Main impact on fisheries: 1) Affects reef associated species. 2) Threatens coral reefs.
• Responsible for impact assessment: Not assessed.
Water Area Overview
Spatial Scale:  Spatial Scale

Water Area Overview
Aq Res Struct
Biological Stock:  Biological Stock

Exploit
 

CPUE: Declining/Stable. Effort Trend: Declining/Stable.
Bio Assess
 
Assess Models
Type:  Others
Productivity Susceptibility Analysis (PSA)
Management
Management:  Management


In the recent years, there have been major amendments in the Kenyan higher-level legal framework, including the Constitution, and also a new law was passed, the Fisheries Management and Development Act 2016. Kenya is currently aligning all its fisheries legislation to these changes.
• Main problems the plan intends to solve: Overfishing of vulnerable species.
• Management actions planned: Fisher logbook, proposed quotas for vulnerable species.
• Results obtained: Improved data collection.
Sources
 
FAO. 2019. Report of the Eighth Session of the Scientific Committee of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Maputo, Mozambique, 12–15 February 2018. Rapport de la huitième session du Comité Scientifique de la Commission des Pêches pour le Sud-Ouest de l’Océan Indien. Maputo, Mozambique, 12–15 février 2018. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture No.1260. Maputo. 120 pp. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/ca4303b/ca4303b.pdf
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