Seven years ago, President Museveni introduced a military body - the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force-Fisheries Protection Force (UPDF-FPF) - in the management of fisheries and enforcement of regulations involving fishing licences and restricted mesh sizes in fishing gears.  However, the military interventions have largely prioritized protection of the commercially valuable Nile Perch exports. In 2018, for example, the fisheries sub-sector was the second largest export industry in Uganda, valued at USD169 million. However, profits are heavily skewed towards industrial processing industries owned by foreigners rather than indigenous small-scale fish harvesters.