President Museveni has directed that indigenous fishermen take the lead in managing Uganda's lakes, supported by the Uganda People's Defence Forces' Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU), in a landmark ...

The government has transferred management of its wetland fish farming project from the Ministry of Water and Environment to the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), following years of stagnation that ...

The FPU has, from time to time, accused fishermen of alerting their illegal colleagues when enforcement teams are about to ...

Sylvia Namande launched her fishing business with 30,000 shillings. Despite facing mockery from the fishing community, she remained resilient.

At Rwenshama point of entry on the shores of Lake Edward in Rukungiri district, western Uganda, it’s a warm windy day and the place is bustling with activity. At one end, many sailors in groups ...

Changing weather patterns are disrupting farming and fishing in Uganda, and giving rise to health problems like pneumonia, malaria and cholera. My name is Mugaaju Asman. I am 50 years old and I live ...

Rwandan refugees return to shore after fishing in Uganda. UNHCR has condemned the forced return of several hundred Rwandans.

Revelations that some Kenyan fishermen are still being held in Uganda a year later for fishing on lake victoria is disturbing. The arbitrary arrests and harassment by the Ugandan authorities has ...

Overfishing on Lake Victoria has seen Nile Perch stocks drop 81 percent to 370,000 metric tons in 2008 from 2 million metric tons three years ago, "annihilating" the species, Uganda said Thursday.