In support of USAID South Sudan’s programmatic objectives to explore an expansion of the USAID-funded South Sudan Transition and Conflict Mitigation (SSTCM) program’s Youth Fisheries Project of 2011-2012, an ecological and environmental assessment was conducted. The study not only focuses on the aforementioned project itself but also on the wider environment of the Sobat River and associated bodies of water. Two visits were made to the area, one during the late dry season in March-April…

This report presents an evaluation of a fisheries program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by AECOM International South Sudan (AECOM) under the South Sudan Transition and Conflict Mitigation (SSTCM) Program in the Sobat River Corridor. The program’s purpose was to direct quick-impact conflict mitigation and stabilization programming to one of South Sudan’s most volatile regions, in Jonglei and Upper Nile states. USAID believes that the development of fisheries-based…

The Sobat River Basin covers an extensive area stretching from northeast of Boma in Jonglei to the rivers’ intersection with the White Nile near Malakal in Upper Nile. Capture fisheries has great potential for development in the Sobat Corridor, but has remained a surprisingly neglected resource. The full utilization of the water resources is both a development opportunity and priority for security in the region. The benefits of a fisheries industry in the Sobat Region…

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