Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba
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| author | Chakandinakira, Adroit Takudzwa Madzivanzira, Takudzwa Comfort Mashonga, Shantel Muzvondiwa, John Vengai South, Josie |
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| spelling | ir-11408-51862022-10-10T07:06:30Z Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba Chakandinakira, Adroit Takudzwa Madzivanzira, Takudzwa Comfort Mashonga, Shantel Muzvondiwa, John Vengai South, Josie Economic cost Fisheries damage Invasion impact Scavenging Decapoda Preprint The rapidly spreading Australian red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in the Zambezi Basin is a cause for concern considering its potential impacts. The assessment the impacts of C. quadricarinatus critical for the prioritisation of policy and management actshery in Lake Kariba to validate anecdotaions in Africa where literature on impacts of C. quadricarinatus is generally scant. We quantified the socioeconomic impacts conferred by C. quadricarinatus on artisanal gillnetting fisher reports regarding cray fish damage to catch on static gillnets. From the catch assessments with registered fishers, fish catch composition, catch per unit effort (CPUE), crayfish entangled on gillnets CPUE, damaged fish CPUE, and damaged areas were recorded. Basin 2 had significantly higher CPUE with respect to fish catch and crayfish, as well as catch damage than other basins. The damage by crayfish on fish was recorded in all the basins except in Basin 5. Damage was significantly correlated with the abundance of crayfish.The most frequently affected species was Oreochromis niloticus. On all fish species, eyes, guts and the tail were the frequently damaged parts. Due to C. quadricarinatus damage, fishers are losing 212 tonnes per year which translates to US$ 512 352.92 in Lake Kariba. This lost amount is significantly high, considering the total income per household which is mainly contributed by fishing The lack of damage in Basin 5 is likely due to fisher developing adaptive new techniques which are less likely to be affected by crayfish This study is the first in Africa to quantify the socio-economic losses due to crayfish in the field, and the first globally to derive observed costs for C. quadricarinatus. Data from this study have huge conservation and management implications, as crayfish threaten food security as well as incur personal losses to fishers via damage-related costs. 2022-10-10T07:06:30Z 2022-10-10T07:06:30Z 2022-09-02 Article : https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1972389/v1 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5186 en Research Square; open Pegasus Publishers |
| spellingShingle | Economic cost Fisheries damage Invasion impact Scavenging Decapoda Chakandinakira, Adroit Takudzwa Madzivanzira, Takudzwa Comfort Mashonga, Shantel Muzvondiwa, John Vengai South, Josie Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title | Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title_full | Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title_short | Socioeconomic impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba |
| title_sort | socioeconomic impacts of australian redclaw crayfish cherax quadricarinatus in lake kariba |
| topic | Economic cost Fisheries damage Invasion impact Scavenging Decapoda |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5186 |
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