Fishing has been continued to be an important social economic activity in Comoros. It contributes to increase employment. However, the sector has been limited in updating information which concern performance such income, selling as well as food. The objective of this paper was to find factors that contribute fishing in Comoros and how should we conserve them in a good manner. In order to achieve the objective, secondary data were taken which were time series data from 1989 to 2019 and run by using Eviews software. The results revealed that fishing activities increasing every year. Fishermen are generally two per motorized boat. Fishing is commonly a cooperative practice whereby a fisher’s agent will sell the fish, though some will also sell directly to the vendors without an agent outside. Price is negotiated based on weight (kg). There was long term relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables. The per capita income increase as fish captured increase. The increasing of fish caught is prerequisite for any increasing of the inputs such as engine, number of fishermen as well as vessels. Therefore, domestic fish processing should be available. Soft infrastructure is required to compete in fishing, and policies on fishing.
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