Fishing in Namibia

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Satellite image of the Namibian coast

The fishing and fish farming play in Namibia an important economic role. In 2015/16, fish and other marine products worth 10 billion Namibian dollars were exported.

In 2017/18 507,276 tons of fish were caught. In freshwater fishing and aquaculture, 1,500 tons of fish and marine animals were obtained.

background

The fishing is by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and partly the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry regulated by the state. The rights to deep sea and coastal fishing are granted by the state. The procedure with the catch quotas has been causing political discussion in the country for years, as it was opaque and vague until the new regulation from 2016. It was also possible to resell fishing rights, including to foreign companies. Every year (as of 2018) up to 5200 companies apply for fishing rights.

Marine fishing

The largest companies in the field of commercial fishing include Namibian companies such as Seawork and Hangana Seafood, which alone have 13 fishing vessels (as of September 2018) in operation and employ 2,700 people (as of September 2018). Much of the fishing rights in the past went to the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia .

For self-sufficiency, lobsters are mainly caught on the central coast around Swakopmund during the fishing season .

Fished species

The main catches include:

Catch statistics

Source:; Figures in tons.

Fish species 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Cap rock lobster 195 43   82   166   118  
Cap crab 2,100 1,648   2.007   2,285   2,795  
sardine 18,755 20,137   23,424   31,774   26,259  
hake 117.286 137,312   146.353   146,676   145,931  
monkfish 7,270 6,922   9,028   7,243   10,763  
Jackfish 186.996 215.051   217.094   198,666   286,934  
tuna 3,281 4.241   2,884   4,655   2,586  

Freshwater fishing

Self-sufficient fisherman on the Okavango

The Inland Fisheries has a minor economic significance. It is mostly limited to sport fishing in the country's lakes and rivers . In the north-east (especially in the Zambezi , Kavango-East and Kavango-West regions ) numerous residents are dependent on subsistence fishing.

Aquaculture

Traditionally, aquaculture in Namibia was limited to cultivation areas in the Atlantic . Mainly seaweed ( Gracilaria verrucosa ), abalone ( Haliotis midae ), mussels ( Mytilus galloprovincialis ) and oysters ( Crassostrea giga , Ostrea edulis ) were grown here. The latter are among the best in the world. Since the late 1990s and early 2000s in particular, domestic aquaculture has been promoted with tilapia ( Oreochromis andersonii ) and catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ).

In 2014/15 only 241 households (out of almost 110,000 people examined) stated that they operate a fish farm.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fisheries have records. Allgemeine Zeitung, February 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b New applications for fish licenses. Allgemeine Zeitung, February 19, 2018.
  3. ^ New fishing quota system to be introduced. The Namibian, November 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Fishing rights deadline extended. The Namibian, July 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON COMPLETION OF APPLICATIONS FOR 2018 MARINE FISHING RIGHTS. Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources, September 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Seawork. Official website. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Hangana Seafood. Official website. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Seaflower. Official website. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Annual Report 2012/13. Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ Annual Report 2012/13. Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources, p. 21. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  11. ^ Dennis Tweddle: Namibia's river fisheries in crisis , NNF / EU Community Conservation Fisheries in KAZA Project. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ Namibia, land of delicious discoveries. Gourmet. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ What Makes Namibian Oysters So Special ?. Namibia Tourism Board. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  14. ^ Types of Aquaculture. Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ Census of Agriculture, 2013/2014. Namibia Statistics Agency, November 2015.