Blue Victoria is a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Mwanza Tanzania. The organization is registered under Non-Governmental Organizations Act of 2002 with registration number 00NGO/R/3260. Blue Victoria was founded by youth who come from fishing livelihood background and witnessing ongoing 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
To raise awareness on presence of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) including Wetlands in Lake Victoria Basin to enhance its ecological system.
To promote and empower Lake Victoria fishermen and aquaculture farmers on the use of natural resources from Lake Victoria for blue economic development.
To raise awareness for the effects of Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) methods.
To raise awareness on conserving and restoration of endangered fish species in Lake Victoria
Hello world, hello Africa, hello Tanzania, hello lake #Victoria. Is me new born #NGO Blue Victoria. I was born after this clip of a video from @UNDP. A report from @IUCN shows that 78% of species in the lake are threatened to go extinct , and one fish species has gone extinct! pic.twitter.com/F1vGy1Cmwa
— Blue Victoria (@BlueVictoriatz) October 18, 2022