STREAM Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 1-16. July-September 2002

CONTENTS: From resource user to resource manager: a significant change story, by Ruperto Aleroza as told to Jocel Pangilinan and Ronet Santos. Significant change with Cambodian provincial livelihoods study teams, by Bun Hay Chheng, Tan Someth Bunwhat, Mey Chanthou and Bun Puthy. The Community Fisheries Development Office: one year on, by Matt Fox. CFDO open for business, by Louise Mackeson-Sandbach. Stakeholders and institutional involvement in aquaculture management and development, by M. Krishnan and Pratap S. Birthal. Fish seed production for aquaculture in southeast Cambodia: decentralization, the way to go, by Olivier Delahaye Gamucci, Graham C. Mair and Harvey Demaine.

Fisheries legislation of Lake Victoria: present legislation and new developments

This paper provides an overview of fisheries legislation in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as far it concerns the administration of Lake Victoria's fishery. It also provides brief comment on the structure of these nations' fisheries departments and how they have evolved in recent years. The administration of Kenya's Lake Victoria fishery has changed very little since the introduction of the 1988 Fisheries Act. In Tanzania and Uganda, however, government policies of decentralization have had a profound impact on fisheries administration at a local level. This paper examines these changes and speculates about possible future management scenarios for these two countries

Multidisciplinary research and management: fisheries in the Central Delta of the Niger River (Mali)

This contribution gives an overview of the fisheries in the Central Delta of the Niger River (Mali) and highlights the results of a multidisciplinary research and management program conducted in the area to assess the status of the fisheries and improve their management. The importance of multidisciplinary approaches is emphasized to fully elaborate the problems impacting fisheries and the measures for their resolution. Directions for increased decentralization, participation of fishers and ecosystem preservation for improved management of the Central Delta fisheries are briefly discussed.