feb 14, 2007 - Kenya Fisheries Act 2007
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legalised the institution of Beach Management Unit as a community-based institution that is given
rights and responsibilities for managing one or more fishing landing sites and a fishing area around
these landing sites. The BMU concept came from Lake Victoria where it has been very successful.
The 2007 Act provided the legal basis for marine artisanal fisheries and since 2007 more than 100
BMUs have been established and registered along the Kenya coast based on regulations that were
approved in the same year.
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Chronology of Private Conservation
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