Integrating Natural Capital into Sustainable Development Decision-Making in Uganda A project funded by the UK Government Fisheries Resources Accounts for Uganda March 2021 Copyright: National Environment Management Authority National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) NEMA House Plot 17/19/21 Jinja Road P.O. Box 22255 Kampala, Uganda Email: [email protected] Website: www.nema.go.ug Citation: NEMA (2021), Fisheries Resources Accounts for Uganda, ISBN: 978-9970-881-47-5 Editorial team Francis Sabino Ogwal NEMA Editor-in-Chief Dr Victoria Tibenda NaFIRRI Lead Reviewer Eugene Telly Muramira NEMA Consultant Agaton Mufubi NEMA Consultant Paul Okello UBOS Quality Assurance Steve King UNEP-WCMC Editor Mark Eigenraam IDEEA Group Editor Tom Geme NEMA Editor “Integrating Natural Capital Accounting into Sustainable Development Development Decision-making in Uganda” is a project funded by the Darwin Initiative through the UK Government, and implemented by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS) and National Planning Authority (NPA) in Uganda, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Institute for Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting (IDEEA Group). https://www.unep-wcmc.org/featured-projects/nca-in-uganda ii | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................................................... viii ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................................... ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ x Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... x Findings ................................................................................................................................................................... x 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of the project .................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Fisheries Resources of Uganda .................................................................................................................... 3 2. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Study Design .................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Methodological rationale .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Data collection and working arrangements ............................................................................................. 5 2.3.1 Data collection ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2.3.2 Working Arrangements ........................................................................................................................ 5 3. CHARACTERIZATION OF UGANDA’S FISHERIES SUB-SECTOR AND RESOURCES ............... 7 3.1 Extent of Ecosystem Assets for Capture Fisheries ................................................................................ 7 3.2 Characterization of Uganda’s Capture Fishery Ecosystem Assets ..................................................... 8 3.2.1 Lake Victoria............................................................................................................................................ 8 3.2.2 Lake Albert .............................................................................................................................................. 9 3.2.3 The Kyoga Basin lake system ............................................................................................................. 10 3.2.4 Lake Edward .......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 Lake George .......................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.6 Lake Wamala ......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2.7 Albert Nile .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 Characterization of Uganda’s Aquaculture Resources ....................................................................... 15 3.3 Fish Ponds and Cages .................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3.1 Fish ponds ............................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Fish Cages ............................................................................................................................................... 17 4. ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNTS.......................................................................................... 19 4.1 Brief Overview of the state of Uganda’s water resources .............................................................. 19 4.2 Water quality ............................................................................................................................................ 19 iii | P a g e 4.3 Invasive aquatic weeds ............................................................................................................................ 21 4.3.1 Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta) ........................................................................................................... 21 4.3.2 Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) .............................................................................................. 23 4.4 Fish Breeding Areas ..................................................................................................................................... 24 4.5 Ecosystem condition account for Lake Victoria ................................................................................... 26 5. FISH ASSET ACCOUNTS ................................................................................................................... 27 5.1 Stock assessment on Lake Victoria (Hydro-acoustic Surveys) ..................................................... 27 5.2 Fish Asset Accounts, Lake Victoria ..................................................................................................... 28 5.3 Analysis of Fish Asset Accounts, Lake Victoria ................................................................................ 32 6. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUPPLY AND USE ACCOUNTS ............................................................. 34 6.1 Uganda’s Capture Fisheries ................................................................................................................... 34 6.2 Lake Victoria Fisheries ............................................................................................................................ 36 6.3 Lake Albert Fisheries .............................................................................................................................. 37 6.4 Kyoga Basin Lakes Fisheries ...................................................................................................................... 37 6.5 Lake Edward-George-Kazinga Channel Lake System Fisheries ........................................................ 38 6.6 Lake Wamala Fisheries ....................................................................................................................... 39 6.7 Albert Nile Fisheries .................................................................................................................................... 40 6.8 Fisheries of Minor Lakes and Rivers of Uganda ..................................................................................... 40 6.9 Uganda’s Aquaculture Fisheries ............................................................................................................... 41 7. UGANDA’S FISH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ....................................................................................... 43 7.1 Fish exports ................................................................................................................................................... 43 7.2 Fish imports ........................................................................................................................................