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This study was focused on the description of fishing gears on Lake
Kivu. Data were collected from March 2012 to February 2014 in Goma,
Bukavu, and Kibuye fishing stations. The study findings indicate that gill
nets, beach seine, lift net, trammel net composed of two panels of small and
larger meshes (mosquito net attached to lift net parts), mosquito net,
longline, single line, pots, and cast net were identified as fishing gears used
on Lake Kivu. Longline was more selective (2 species) in terms of species
selection. The lift net presented the best catch (19.4 ± 11 kg), while the
trammel net showed the highest CPUE (7.9 ± 6.1 kg/h). The large
dimensions of gears and the long netting duration characterized gillnets
(1023.2 ± 620.1 m2
) and longline (10.3 ± 4.6 hours) respectively. Cast-nets
(20mm) showed the largest mesh size, while mosquito nets (1 ± 0.3 mm)
were the smallest. |