Compliance and Enforcement of the Fisheries Regulations on Lake Malawi in Nkhatabay District- Juniper Publishers

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Compliance and Enforcement of the Fisheries Regulations on Lake Malawi in Nkhatabay District

Both enforcement and compliance with fisheries regulation affect the sustainable exploitation and conservation of the fisheries resources in Lake Malawi . The study analyzed the factors that affect compliance with fisheries regulations and also the challenges that affect success of government’s enforcement of fisheries regulations. The study was conducted in Nkhata Bay district, northern Malawi. Qualitative data was collected using questionnaires from 78 fishery resource users selected using simple random and purposive methods. Factors for both challenges faced by government’s enforcement and compliance by resource users with fisheries regulations were analyzed in SPSS (version 20) using regression models at 95% confidence level. The results show that self-interest and awareness of regulations (P0.05) contribute to non-compliance of fisheries regulations by resource users while sufficiency of funds, shortage of personnel and limited support by stakeholders (P0.05) affect the success of government’s enforcement of the regulations. Interventions are, therefore, required to improve enforcement by training fisheries protection officers as outlined in the Malawi Fisheries act 1997 and reduce the level of noncompliance by means of thorough sensitization of fisheries regulations to the user communities.

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