ABSTRACT Kenya enjoys a marine coastline of about 640 km giving a total area of territorial waters of 9700 km2 while the EEZ is 142,400 km2. She further lays claim to an extended EEZ of approximately 103,320 km2 and has 13,600 km2 of inland waters. The government recognizes the potential of this maritime resource to boost the country’s economic outlook and has made Blue Economy (BE) part of the economic pillar in its development blueprint. For effective development of the BE, Kenya needs, among other things, to: build human resource capacity through investing in marine education and training; boost marine scientific research; support the traditional industries of fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, blue biotechnology, ports and shipping; develop BE database; resolve outstanding boundary disputes; and reduce illegal unreported and unregulated fishing. The study posits that Kenya already has sector-wise experiences and assets as demonstrated by the numerous government institutions participating in the BE and is only lacking policy integration, coordination and coherence.

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利用肯尼亚的蓝色经济：前景和挑战

摘要肯尼亚拥有约 640 公里的海洋海岸线，领海总面积为 9700 平方公里，而专属经济区为 142,400 平方公里。她进一步声称拥有约 103,320 平方公里的扩展专属经济区和 13,600 平方公里的内陆水域。政府认识到这种海洋资源在提升国家经济前景方面的潜力，并将蓝色经济 (BE) 纳入其发展蓝图中的经济支柱。为了有效发展 BE，肯尼亚需要： 通过投资海洋教育和培训来建设人力资源能力；促进海洋科学研究；支持渔业、水产养殖、旅游、蓝色生物、港口和航运等传统产业；开发BE数据库；解决悬而未决的边界争端；并减少非法未报告和无管制的捕捞活动。