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    "content": "welfare concerns of communities, stabilizing prices, co-operatives and so on. I want to indicate that the Fishing Act, Cap 379 had included a closed season which was later removed by an amendment of that Act in 1989. Further, there were consultative meetings in Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu. After that, it was noticed that there was a decline of the biomas to critical level and this is what led to the introduction of the infamous closed season vide Gazette Notice No.756 of 6th November, 2001. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an understanding that there would be a constant review of that closed season. Unfortunately, this has not been happening. The conditions were that there would be a review every two years and that fishermen would fish two kilometers offshore. The subject of what hon. Mbadi has said is that the net mesh sizes were to be restricted to 10 millimetres when diagonally stretched. There was a further forum in 2004, where it was noted that, that was not being complied with. I want to give some statistics on hydro-acoustics survey results for Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Gulf. It is long and so I will not give the whole of it. However, in relation to omena it states that--- The reason why I want the season to be reduced from four months to one month is that if you look at Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and the Gulf, you will realize that in August, 1999, the hydro-acoustic results show that Tanzania has 155,655; Uganda, 46,970; and Kenya, 19,460. I cannot go through all of it, but I can table it or avail it. What it does, however, show is that in Kenya, the omena stocks fluctuate. If you look at the more recent results, it shows that it has actually been increasing. Therefore, one of the conditions that were provided was that, if there was improvement in stocks, then that closed period can be reviewed."
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