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Water SA

On-line version ISSN 1816-7950
Print version ISSN 0378-4738

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MCCAFFERTY, JR; ELLENDER, BR; WEYL, OLF  and  BRITZ, PJ. The use of water resources for inland fisheries in South Africa. Water SA [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.2, pp.327-344. ISSN 1816-7950.

The contribution of inland fisheries to food security, livelihood provision, poverty alleviation, and economic development in developing African countries is well documented, but there is surprisingly little literature on the history, current status and potential of South Africa's inland fishery resources. This presents a constraint to the management and sustainable development of inland fisheries. A literature review of peer-reviewed and grey literature was thus undertaken which is presented as a synthesis of knowledge on inland fisheries in South Africa. We track the chronology of literary themes on inland fisheries from the colonial era to the present, provide an overview of the recreational, subsistence and commercial sub-sectors, the production potential of inland waters, interventions to promote fishery development, and attempts to value inland fisheries. The review summarises the current state of knowledge on fisheries resources, outlines potential sources of data, highlights relevant and important information, and identifies knowledge gaps. The literature survey reveals an urgent need for research covering the biological, social, economic and governance aspects, if inland fisheries are to be developed in a rational and sustainable manner which promotes South Africa's national policy goals.

Keywords : yield; alien; angling; CPUE; impact; value of inland fisheries; information; sectors; potential.

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