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 […]
Building our Community Biodiversity Monitoring Team
OUR STORIES Building our Community Biodiversity Monitoring Team Building our Community Biodiversity Monitoring Team 19/12/2019 What impact are community lead temporary and permanent closures having on the health of marine ecosystems? Are communities selecting closure areas that will have the biggest impact in terms of community gain, ecosystem health and resilience of reefs into the […]
ICT4Fisheries Conference
OUR NEWS ICT4Fisheries Conference ICT4Fisheries Conference – Cape Town 28/10/2019 Mwambao attended the ICT4Fisheries conference in Cape Town earlier this month. A fantastic conference organised Abalobi and Blue Ventures. Great to have an opportunity to learn about the innovative use of technology in fisheries around the world; from biodiversity monitoring, to tracking fishing vessels and […]
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 […]
Have you ever seen a nonapus?
OUR NEWS Have you ever seen a nonapus? Have you ever seen a nonapus? 16/05/2019 Our recorders in Mtende village, Zanzibar, measured this nine-legged male big blue octopus, Octopus cyanea! It’s a very exciting find! Nonapus do occur occasionally, but we can’t see any other records of nine-legged Octopus cyanea, perhaps this is the first […]