Lake Kivu (Kivu Region fishing zone)

Largest fishable lake; comprises Rusizi, Nyamasheke, Karongi, Rutsiro and Rubavu Districts. Fishing is permitted only with authorised net/hook gears, only during night hours (5 p.m.-7 a.m.), only beyond set distances from shore (200 m for limnothrissa, 50 m for tilapia/clarias, 30 m for haplochromis), and never in bays. No spearfishing-specific authorisation exists.

Licence required; only authorised net/long-line-hook gears (Art. 18); night-only hours (Art. 21); minimum distance from shore; fishing in bays prohibited; speargun/harpoon not a recognised legal method.

Subject to annual biological break (min. 2 months, dates set per lake) under Article 25.