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🎣 Fisheries Data Collection
Since 2022, We have supported Beach Management Units (BMUs) in Kwale and Kilifi counties to collect, manage, and use fish-catch data. By strengthening local capacity, we are helping communities move from raw data to real decisions that sustain both livelihoods and marine ecosystems.
💡 Why It Matters
Reliable fisheries data is the foundation of sustainable coastal management. When communities track what they catch, where, and when, they gain the knowledge to manage their resources better — and build trust with government agencies and partners.
Our approach turns data collection into community empowerment: data talk becomes community action.
⚙️ How It Works
We strengthen local fisheries governance through a three-step process:
- 🐟 Capacity Building: Training BMU data collectors and leaders on monitoring, data recording, and feedback.
- 📱 Tools & Systems: Supporting the transition from paper-based logs to digital systems like Kobo Collect for real-time tracking and accuracy.
- 📊 Feedback & Ownership: Facilitating quarterly and annual feedback meetings where communities analyze their own data to guide decision-making and strengthen enforcement.
The Impact
📊 Milestones & Impact
- 🎣 12 BMUs actively collecting fish-catch data four days a week.
- 👩🏾💻 24 trained data collectors — 60% youth (14 men, 10 women).
- 🛶 118 patrol members trained in Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) to enhance compliance.
- 👩🏽🏫 165 BMU leaders trained in leadership and life skills, strengthening local governance.
- 🌍 1,000+ fishers reached through awareness sessions on fisheries regulations and sustainable management.
- 📈 10% improvement in BMU leadership capacity and 6% increase in compliance with fisheries regulations.
- 💬 First community-led fish-catch data feedback session held in 2024 — since then, data talk has become community action.
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🌍 The Ripple Effect By helping communities collect and understand their own data, COMRED is strengthening trust, accountability, and stewardship in Kenya’s coastal fisheries. When fishers own the data, they own the future of their oceans
🌍 The Ripple Effect By helping communities collect and understand their own data, COMRED is strengthening trust, accountability, and stewardship in Kenya’s coastal fisheries. When fishers own the data, they own the future of their oceans
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