Abstract:

Fisheries contribute 2.5% to national and 12.5% to
agricultural GDP, employ about 1.2 million people, generate
over US$ 150 million in export earnings and provide about
50% of protein food to Ugandans. The fisheries resources
are vulnerable to over-exploitation, pollution, invasive
species, habitat degradation, and climate variability and
change. Consequently, the diversity and quantity of fishes
has changed which threatens livelihoods of communities
who depend upon fisheries resources. However,
management of fisheries has concentrated on addressing
the other threats and less on climate variability and change.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has reported that global temperatures have
increased by about 1o C since the last two decades of the
20th century and an increase of more than 2o C would
have negative consequences on natural resources such as
fisheries and consequently on livelihoods