Women only fishing day!
OUR STORIES WOMEN ONLY FISHING DAY Women fishers first 06/04/2023 In March Jongowe village added a new twist to the practice of reef closures for octopus. Day 1 of opening only allowed WOMEN TO FISH!!! Women traditionally fish on foot on the reef flats; young men swim in the deeper nearshore waters and skin dive […]
WIOMSA Conference Attendance
OUR STORIES WIOMSA CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE WIOMSA Conference Attendance 12/10/2022 A team of 8 of us were fortunate to attend the conference held in South Africa in October 2022. We presented 6 years of data on ‘Reef closures for day octopus (octopus cyanea) in Zanzibar; Community-based catch recording demonstrates benefits for octopus populations and fishers alike’. […]
Is this the first ever record of a common blanket octopus in East Africa?
OUR STORIES FIRST EVER COMMON BLANKET OCTOPUS IN EAST AFRICA? Is this the first ever record of a common blanket octopus in East Africa? 04/02/2020 Is this the first ever record of a common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus) in East Africa? Two female blanket octopus were caught by women fishers from Tumbatu Island in Zanzibar […]
Boma Subutuni: 17th village engaged in community-led temporary closures
OUR STORIES OUR 17th VILLAGE ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY-LED CLOSURES Boma Subutuni: 17th village engaged in community-led temporary closures 28/01/2020 Capacity building of the Beach Management Unit (BMU)* in the village of Boma Subutuni, Tanga is well underway. Boma Subutuni are the 7th village in our project with partners Blue Ventures, the 17th village engaged in […]
Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania
OUR STORIES BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER VISIT Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania 09/12/2019 Mwambao, Fauna & Flora International and Department of Fisheries staff welcome the British High Commissioner to Tanzania, HC Sarah Cooke, to our project location in Kukuu, South Pemba, Zanzibar. This Pemba Channel conservation project working with fishing communities to promote sustainable […]
What factors make community fishery closures work?
OUR STORIES What factors make community fishery closures work? What factors make community fishery closures work? 21/11/2019 What factors make community fishery closures work? Today we were exploring what influences long-term adoption of temporary octopus closures by coastal communities in Tanzania. This will contribute to Agent-Based Modelling forming part of the OctoPINTS project. This project […]
Tourism supports conservation
OUR NEWS TOURISM SUPPORTS CONSERVATION Tourism supports conservation 11/10/2019 Tourism supports conservation in Ushongo! Dorobo Foundation in Arusha has long supported the conservation of Maziwe island Marine Reserve in Pangani through the ‘Friends of Maziwe – Marine & Turtle Conservation‘ who have financed of rangers and patrol as well as turtle nest relocation from the […]
Mapping Community Closures
OUR NEWS MAPPING COMMUNITY CLOSURES Mapping Community Closures 26/09/2019 Yesterday some of our team were out on the water mapping the fishing grounds of 3 communities in Pemba, Zanzibar, alongside their SFCs (Community committees responsible for fisheries management decisions). An important component of our community-based management work is mapping each communities coastal resources to guide […]
New partnership with WildAid
OUR NEWS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDAID New partnership with WildAid 24/09/2019 New partnership with WildAid! Mwambao has joined forces with WildAid and the Department of Fisheries with the assistance of funding from USAID under the TzProtect programme. Our project is ‘Reversing biodiversity degradation and improving fisheries management through Community engagement, Pragmatic protection and Private sector […]
SWIOfish projects with Department of Fisheries
OUR NEWS SWIOFISH PROJECTS SWIOfish projects with Department of Fisheries 19/09/2019 SWIOfish*. Mwambao has been working closely with the Department of Fisheries Development, Zanzibar on two different SWIOfish-funded projects. We have taken part in the consultancy (with MRAG) to draft management plans for three key fisheries – octopus, small pelagic and reef-fish. We have learned […]