Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 8.1
(continued)
Scientii c
Name
Common
Name
Kimwani
Method of
Capture
User Group
Habitat
Market
Use
Large reef
i sh e.g.
acanthurids,
scarids
Gill net,
speari shing
Itinerant i shers
Coral reefs
Mainland
Dried
Carangidae
Jacks
Njolwe
Fence trap, line
i shing
Local men,
itinerants
Open water,
seagrass, reef
Local
Eaten fresh
Molluscs
Octopus
vulgaris
Octopus
Mweza
Stick, hook
Local women
Reef l at
Local
Eaten fresh and
dried
Barbatia
fusca
Ark shell
Ombay
Hand
Local women
Intertidal sand
and seagrass
Mainly
mainland/
Pemba
Dried
Pinna
muricata
Pinna shell
Macaza
Hand
Local women
Intertidal sand
and seagrass
Mainly
mainland/
Pemba
Dried
Pinctada
nigra
Oysters
Mbari
Hand
Local women
Intertidal
seagrass
Mainly
mainland/
Pemba
Dried
Pleuroploca
trapezium
Tulip shell
Kome nlume
Hand/collected
on net or trap
i shing trips
Men
Seagrass
Operculum
sold in
Tanzania
Animal eaten
fresh
