Defining East Africa broadly to include both the nations which bound the Great Lakes and the island nations in the Indian Ocean, this bibliography cites almost 600 sources of information on diverse aspects of the various types of fisheries found in the region. Contents are divided into two main sections. General topics include lake and inland, marine, and aquacultural fisheries, as well as gear and technology and nautical terminology. A section on national fisheries cites references on freshwater, marine, aquacultural, and swamp and flood plain fisheries and on preservation and marketing concerns in 12 countries. Entries in each section are listed alphabetically by author or publisher, and subject and author indexes are provided. It is noted that the references are comprehensive and in some cases exhaustive, but are not derived from holdings at the International Center for Marine Resource Development library. Sources cited are in French and English and span the period 1837-1984.