Inland Fisheries

2.3.3 Needs to collect information

The types of information needed will depend on the intended uses of that information that is it will depend on the objectives of fishery management and the goals of water management policy. There are several possible objectives of inland fishery management that can be generally classified into social, economic, and conservation categories. Priority objectives for collecting information on inland fisheries include:

• To obtain status and trend information on the fisheries and the environment for the formulation and assessment of management interventions concerning the fishery;
• To ensure proper valuation of the fisheries;
• To assess management interventions concerning the fishery
• To justify the request for appropriate allocation of funding and other resources to the sector
• To fulfill international obligations