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THE TANZANIAN SEA LEVEL NETWORK: A NATIONAL REPORT (DRAFT) Shigalla B. Mahongo Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute P.O. Box 9750, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [Tel: +255 51 650045; Fax: +255 51 650043; Email: bits@] BACKGROUND This report has been prepared for the Western Indian Ocean Project within the framework of the IOC-Sida-Flinders Marine Science Programme and in response to recommendations that were put forward by IOCINCWIO-IV. 1. INTRODUCTION The Tanzanian sea level network consists of two operational stations of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. There are also three non-operational tide gauges at Mtwara, Tanga and Pemba. The Zanzibar Station has a Handar encoder with satellite communication. In the 1990 GLOSS plan, Zanzibar and Mtwara were proposed as GLOSS stations among 17 stations in the IOCINCWIO. An IOCINCWIO workshop held in Mombassa in 1991 further recommended the establishment of Dar es Salaam and Tanga stations, out of 15 extra GLOSS stations proposed in the region. The new tide gauge in Zanzibar was installed in 1990, replacing the old Munro IH 109 float gauge (1983-1993). The Dar es Salaam station has a mechanical SEBA float gauge, which was installed in 1997. This tide gauge replaced a Leupold and Stevens float gauge (1986-1990) whose stilling well was damaged by a boat. The tide gauge in Mtwara was a Munro IH 109 float type, which worked from 1959 to 1962. Previously, a Munro IH 40 was in operation from 1956 to 1957. A Munro IH 40 tide gauge in Tanga worked from 1962 to 1966, while that of Pemba (Munro IH 109) was incorrectly installed in 1991 and so it never worked. Of all these stations, the Zanzibar station has been operating quite well since 1984. At the moment, there is no single agency responsible for the management of tide gauges. The Zanzibar Station is locally administered by the Zanzibar Department of Lands and Surveys. The old station at Pemba was also under the same department. The Dar es Salaam tide gauge station is administer