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Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization

NEWSLETTER: Second implementation year of EU-EAC True Fish Farming Story in Lake Victoria Basin (TRUEFISH) December 2022 Edition

NEWSLETTER: JUNE 2022 TrueFish: ONE YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION Advancing Aquaculture in East Africa

Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization project aimed at promoting Fish Farming launched

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 1st June, 2021: The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), a specialized institution of the EAC based in Jinja, Uganda, has unveiled a 10 million euros project that seeks to promote aquaculture (fish farming) in East Africa. 

In a...

ECOFISH Project Steering Committee in a group photo

LVFO-ECOFISH Programme 2nd Steering Committee Meeting held from 29th -30th June, 2021 In Dar es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

1.0       Background

Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) is implementing a programme called “Contribution of Sustainable Fisheries to the Blue Economy of the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Region – E€OFISH programme”. The funding is Euro 29.4 million with an...

Handling over of vehicle by the Responsible Fisheries Business Chain Project (RFBCP) to Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO)

A mission comprising the Attaché from the Development Cooperation at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. David Loew and the GIZ Cluster Coordinator Rural Development to the Responsible Fisheries Business Chain Project (RFBCP), Ms. Gina Blaich, on 28th May 2021 visited the LVFO...

Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization project aimed at promoting Fish Farming launched

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 1st June, 2021: The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), a specialized institution of the EAC based in Jinja, Uganda, has unveiled a 10 million euros project that seeks to promote aquaculture (fish farming) in East Africa. 

In a...

Readvertised- Invitation to Tender for Consultancy to undertake Legal, Institutional and Organizational Framework Analysis of the proposed East African Fisheries Organization (EAFO)

Fish Stock Assessment survey on Lake Victoria (15th October to 15th November 2020)

LVFO through the LVFO-GIZ project titled ‘Responsible Fisheries Business Chains on Lake Victoria’ is currently conducting a lakewide hydroacoustic survey on Lake Victoria, running from 15th October to 15th November 2020. The objectives of this survey are to estimate the amount of fish (biomass)...

Launching of Electronic Fish Catch Assessment Survey (CAS) System for Lake Victoria

The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) is an institution of the East African Community with the mandate to promote Sustainable Management and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources in the East African Community for Food Security and Wealth Creation.

The purpose of the Catch...

The EALA Committee on Legal, Rules and Privileges visited LVFO Secretariat in Jinja, Uganda on 11th October 2019

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Committee on Legal, Rules and Privileges visited Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) Secretariat in Jinja, Uganda on 11th October 2019. The main objectives of their visit were to assess the level of compliance to the protocols and laws of the...

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