Annual report 1991

This annual report is presented under the following major headings: 1) acting officer-in-charge's report; 2) project coordinator's report; 3) evaluation of some components of the Lake Kariba "kapenta fishing unit"; 4) comparative study of growth of Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger) in Lake Kariba; 5) the pre-recruitment ecology of the freshwater sardine Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger) in Lake Kariba; 6) the ecology of the inshore fishery of Lake Kariba; the biology of Synodontis zambezensis ; 7) database; and, 8) publications.

Annual report 1992

An account is given of the activities conducted by the Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute during the year 1992, which include the following research programmes: Comparative study of growth of Limnothrissa miodon (Boulanger) in Lake Kariba; Effort calibration for the Kapenta fishery; Pre-recruitment ecology of the freshwater sardine L.miodon (Boulanger) in Lake Kariba; The ecology of the inshore fishery of Lake Kariba - biology of Synodontis zambezensis; Mercury in the tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus), green happy (Serranochromis codringtoni) and Tanganyika sardine (L.miodon) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe; and, Assessment of the potential development of a Synodontis fishery on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.

Annual report 1993

The report provides an account of the activities carried out by the Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute during the year 1993 under the following headings: Institute finances; Staffing and staff training; Staff housing; Infrastructure and institute expansion; Vehicles and vessels; and, Fisheries and fishery management. Individual reports regarding the various project activities conducted during the year are also included.

Annual report 1994

The report provides an account of the activities carried out by the Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute during the year 1994 under the following headings: Institute finances; Staffing and staff training; Staff housing; Infrastructure and institute expansion; Vehicles and vessels; and, Fisheries and fishery management. Individual reports regarding the various project activities conducted during the year are also included.

Annual report 1995

An account is given of the activities of the Institute during the year 1995, including also reports of various projects carried out by staff members, which concerned the following: pre-recruitment ecology of the freshwater sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) in Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe); hydroacoustic surveys of kapenta abundance in Lake Kariba and Lake Cahora Bassa (Mozambique); angler's tigerfish catches, tigerfish studies and gillnet sampling; inshore fish population studies in Lake Kariba; catch/effort data recording system; fishermen's training towards the establishment of a Fisheries Co-management approach on Lake Kariba; and, enforcement and compliance with fisheries regulations within the inshore fishery on Lake Kariba.

Annual report 1998

The report provides an account of the activities of the Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute of Zimbabwe during the period July 1997 to December 1998. It is presented under the following major headings: 1) Introduction; 2) Institute finances; 3) Staffing and staff training; 4) Infrastructure; 5) Vehicles and vessels; 6) Fisheries management -- kapenta management, inshore fisheries management, law enforcement; 7) Kariba Lakeshore Combination Masterplan; 8) Joint protocol; 9) Research work; and, 10) Publications and presentations.

1979 Fisheries statistics - Kariba

Fishery statistics for 1979 are presented for: (1) total production; (2) effort; (3) landings and purchases; (4) monthly percentage composition and average weight of each species caught in gill-nets.

1980 Fisheries statistics - Kariba

The 1980 statistics of the open-water sardine (Limnothrissa miodon ) fisheries and gill-net fisheries are presented. Summaries of total production and total effort, landings inshore and gill-net fisheries are also presented.

1981 fisheries statistics, Lake Kariba - Zimbabwe waters

The 1981 statistics of the open water fishery (sardine, Limnothrissa miodon , and tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus) and inshore fishery (cichlids, labeoa, mainly L. altivelis , distichoclids, mainly Distichodus schenga , tigerfish, H. vittatus , mormyrids, mainly Mormyrus longirostris and M. deliciosus , and catfish, Clarias gariepinus) in Lake Kariba are presented.

1982 Fisheries statistics, Lake Kariba - Zimbabwe side

Statistics are presented for Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba fisheries for the year 1982, being divided into open-water and inshore fishery sectors.