Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization carried out a large socio-economic survey within the fisheries communities of Lake Victoria in 2005 to generate baseline socio-economic data on livelihoods, access to financial services, access to information and about the scale of business operation. The survey was carried out in the three Partner States – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - at a total of 97 landing sites, with 4028 respondents, of whom 25% were boat owners, 25% boat crew, 38% traders and processors and 12% from the ‘others’ category. Overall, 75% of the respondents were male, reflecting the occupational categories interviewed and the fact that most of the respondents were heads of households.