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Blue Victoria

Blue Victoria is a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Mwanza Tanzania. The Organization is registered under Non-Governmental Act of 2002 with registration number 00NGO/R/3260. Blue Victoria founded by youth who come from fishing livelihood background and witnessing on going declining of fish species in Lake Victoria.
The organization Mission is to research and innovate best methods for fishing and aquaculture technologies that are friendly to Lake Victoria ecological system, provide community education on the climatic change implications to their economy and Lake Victoria Basin biodiversity.

Blue Victoria Vision is to see coexistence of socioeconomically developed society and Lake Victoria thrived ecological biodiversity

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Our KFAs

Key Focus Areas

Fisheries

Tanzania is ninth in the list of top country producer of inland fish globally.In 2021 produced 422,859 tonnes of fishes which worth USD bill 12 and 73.5 % were from lake victoria.

Aquaculture

Tanzania has ideal climate condition for fish farming and the demand for fish is higher. Wild catch is decreasingly unable to meet the rising demand as natural water bodies are overfished

Freshwater Conservation

There are thirty nine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and two Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) sites identified by IUCN.

Knowladge Bank

Lake Victoria lack basic information on the status and distribution of fish species (IUCN)

Climate Change

Lake Victoria freshwater fishes are highly vulnerable to climate change, having high sensitivity, seemingly poor adaptive capacity (IUCN)

Blue Victoria

For Blue economy & thriving ecological biodiversity

Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Victoria contributions to SDGs

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News and Events

04 Feb, 2023

Proposing ICCA- Kibuyi Bay in Lake Victoria

For suistanability of freshwater biodiversity in Lake Victori, ICCA is inevitable. Blue Victoria is proposing to creat and manage Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCA) for freshwater biodiversity conservation.

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05 Jan, 2023

Freshwater Biodiversity Awareness Progrm

Blue Victoria is conducting awareness for freshwater biodiversity

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05 Dec, 2022

Courtesy Visit

Today our ED Mr. Festus Massaho made a courtesy visit to Wetlands International Dar es Salaam Office

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01 Nov, 2022

Mdahalo wa Nishati Safi ya Kupikia

Shirika la Blue Victoria lilipata mwaliko wa kushiriki katika Mdahalo wa Kitaifa wa Nishati Safi ya Kupikia

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Get In Touch

P.O.Box 2963 Mwanza Tanzania

bluevictoriatz@gmail.com

+255 759 682 826

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