Fishers’ perceptions on the state of fisheries and the applicable fisheries management system in Lake Victoria (LV), Uganda, were assessed. Fisheries management in the lake is currently at a crossroads. The government abolished a co-management system in November 2015 and installed the military to temporary enforce management. The objective of this study was to explore how fishers envisage future management options by assessing past management regimes and analysing perceptions of alternative regimes. A total of 273 semi-structured interviews at six selected landing sites on LV in Uganda were conducted. Fishers targeted two dominant species, Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.), mainly on motorised vessels representing the commercial fishers and dagaa, Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin), using both motorised and paddled vessels. The dominance of motorised fishing vessels depicted a consequence of the army operations and represents government priority to protect rather than regulate commercial fishing operations. Fishers mainly perceived regulations they knew about as effective, strongly opposed local governments as a management entity and assigned management to fisher groups as expected. The results support a management regime of key resource users organised by common interest groups to participate in decision-making and combined government structures to regulate and enforce sustainable fisheries measures.

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处于十字路口的维多利亚湖渔业管理：评估渔民对乌干达未来管理选择的看法

评估了渔民对乌干达维多利亚湖 (LV) 渔业状况和适用渔业管理系统的看法。湖区渔业管理目前正处于十字路口。政府于 2015 年 11 月废除了共同管理制度，并派军队临时实施管理。本研究的目的是通过评估过去的管理制度和分析对替代制度的看法，探索渔民如何设想未来的管理选择。在乌干达 LV 的六个选定着陆点进行了总共 273 次半结构化访谈。渔民针对两种主要物种，尼罗河鲈鱼，尼罗罗非鱼(L.)，主要在代表商业渔民的机动船只上和 dagaa，Rastrineobola argentea（佩莱格林），使用机动和桨式船只。机动渔船的主导地位是军队行动的结果，代表了政府优先保护而不是规范商业捕鱼活动。渔民主要认为他们知道的法规是有效的，强烈反对地方政府作为管理实体，并按预期将管理分配给渔民团体。结果支持由共同利益集团组织的关键资源使用者的管理制度，以参与决策和联合政府结构以规范和执行可持续渔业措施。