{"id":8772,"date":"2013-08-16T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2014-08-04T11:00:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:00:40","slug":"catch-assessment-survey-of-fishery-in-mweru-luapula-lake-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=8772","title":{"rendered":"Catch assessment survey of fishery in Mweru-Luapula lake, Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit:<\/strong> Lumbwe Kalumba (Zambia) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Review:\u00a0<\/strong>Lumbwe Kalumba and Abdel Rahman El Gamal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The photo shows a fisheries officers while conducting catch assessment survey on Mweru-Luapula Fishery in Luapula Province, Zambia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lake Mweru\u00a0is a\u00a0freshwater\u00a0lake\u00a0located in the Luapula valley on the borders of Northern Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.\u00a0Its fishery provides food, employment and income to about 400000 local people and supplies about 40 percent of the fish sold on the Zambian market.\u00a0The steady growth of fish trade whether in Zambia or in Congo has led to a heavy exploitation of the lake\u2019s fish resources necessitated setting and enforcing fishery regulations as managed by the Department of Fishery. The fishery of the lake comprises of bream, <i>Tilapia macrochir<\/i>, a catfish species, a carp species, tiger fish, elephant fish and sardine-like species.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The second photo shows Department of Fisheries Officers who go on Mweru-Luapula Fishery for data collection. In this case they were conducting Catch Assessment Survey.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=8782\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection.jpg?fit=662%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"662,488\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zambia (data collection)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection.jpg?fit=662%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8782\" alt=\"Zambia (data collection)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection-300x221.jpg?resize=300%2C221\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zambia-data-collection.jpg?w=662&amp;ssl=1 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8776\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=8776\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia.jpg?fit=657%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"657,446\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catch assessment survey (Zambia)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia.jpg?fit=657%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8776\" alt=\"Catch assessment survey (Zambia)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia-300x203.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Catch-assessment-survey-Zambia.jpg?w=657&amp;ssl=1 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Lumbwe Kalumba (Zambia) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Review:\u00a0Lumbwe Kalumba and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The photo shows a fisheries officers while conducting catch assessment survey on Mweru-Luapula Fishery in Luapula Province, Zambia. 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