Dar Es Salaam Marine Reserves General Management Plan.

This General Management Plan for the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserves (DMRs) is a sectoral document designed to conserve, manage, and develop the four marine island reserves of Bongoyo, Pangavini, Fungu Yasin, and Mbudya located north of Dar es Salaam harbor. It designs management zones within the reserves (each having appropriate uses ranging from recreational, research to biodiversity propagation) based upon an evaluation of many factors, including the established purpose of these reserves, the significance of the reserve’s natural and cultural resources, the ability of each reserve to support identified uses, the desired visitor experience and management objectives. The main objectives of the Plan are to (i) put into place a guide to determine the direction for the effective conservation of vulnerable areas and at the same time delineate areas in the reserves for economic use; (ii) identify threats to marine resources and key management issues; (iii) provide a framework for the participation of key stakeholders including local resource users, visitors and organizers of recreational, commercial, and academic activities in the reserves; (iv) guide future investments in the reserves; (v) promote sustainable collaborative management with communities and institutions dealing with conservation activities of marine and coastal resources and other interested partners; (vi) improve the regulatory and institutional framework for DMRs management by promoting dialogue among authorities whose mandate and statutes overlap those of DMRs, including Tanzania Ports Authority, Kinondoni Municipal Council and The Fisheries Department. The management strategies outlined are intended to strengthen enforcement measures, capacity building, and financial sustainability of DMRs to achieve the aforementioned objectives and they include (i) conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem processes; (ii) conservation of cultural and historical sites; (iii) sustainability of non-extractive resource use in the DMRs; (iv) stakeholders' involvement in the management and access to resources; (v) community education and dissemination of information; (vi) improvement of the regulatory, institutional framework, and management; (vii) sustainable financing; (viii) simplified research and monitoring activities.
The Plan includes prohibited activities concerning (i) extraction of living resources and extraction of non-living resources; (ii) some recreational and tourism activities; (iii) introduction of alien species of plants and animals; (iv) marine transportation and shipping activities. Other activities are regulated and require demand authorization before being done.