Amimbaru Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Ltd Responsible fishing, improving livelihood.

South Sudan has a large freshwater fishery based on the Nile Sobat Rivers Livelihood Zone, which encompasses the Sudd Region, a large swamp and a 5,700,000 ha RAMSAR site. Capture fisheries in South Sudan currently produces more than 140,000 tones per year. All of this is produced by small scale fishermen and sold to traders, either fresh, or sundried/smoked. South Sudan Comprehensive Agriculture Masterplan (CAMP) has calculated that the consumption of fish in South Sudan is about 17kg per person per year. To supply this consumption level, the catch must be in the order of 140,000 tones. More than 1.7 million people depend directly on fisheries for livelihood, food security or family income, and many more for nutrition through consumption of purchased fish products. It is impossible at this time to accurately predict the Maximum Sustainable Yield that might be possible from the capture fisheries, but it probably exceeds 200,000 tones per annum, worth at current Juba market prices at