Lake Victoria Fisheries Frame Survey 2002. Regional report prepared by the Regional Technical Committee on Frame Surveys on Lake Victoria, 24-28 November, 2003

This is the report of the frame Survey 2002 carried out on the 10-13th April 2002. Thesurvey was a complete census of boats, gears, and fishers operating in the lake. FrameSurveys are a major component of Fisheries Statistical data collection systems, which isvital in monitoring fishing effort, providing a sampling frame for fisheries research andmanagement.A Regional Task Force was constituted under LVFO to coordinate the implementation ofthe survey regionally. National Technical Committees were also formed in the three EastAfrican countries to oversee the success of these exercises nationally