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Socio-economic impact of oil spill in Kilindi Harbor, Likoni, Mombasa County Kenya
Citation
Karani, N.; Ngoa, H.; Waryaki, E.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI); (2023): Socio-economic impact of oil spill in Kilindi Harbor, Likoni, Mombasa County Kenya. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8346


Description
Socio economic data on the impacts of an oil spill in Kilindini Habour, Mombasa, Kenya was gathered using questionnaire and key informant interview. The main social impacts included reduced fins catches, lower income, skin infections and marital conflicts. Recommendations included the need to establish a community rapid response unit to monitor cases of marine pollution.

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Community impact, Oil spills

Temporal coverage
7 February 2022 - 8 February 2022

Contributors
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), moredata creator

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2023-06-09
Information last updated: 2023-06-09
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