millions of Malawians make their living by fishing in Lake Malawi, feeding millions more by harvesting chambo, usipa, kampango, and other species through healthy, small-scale operations.

He is the southern African chair of the IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group and contributed data to the Lake Malawi Key Biodiversity ... which fish depend. Over-fishing has led to less diversity ...

The cichlids are faring better in protected areas of Lake Malawi National Park, which has recently been enforcing fishing laws. “The fish here are in the best shape they’ve been in for two ...

annual fisheries surveys have shown abundant fish stocks around the island compared to other parts of Lake Malawi. Fisheries scientist Elias Chirwa said the community-implemented extended fishing ...

Johannesburg — A five-year pilot project to support fishing in Lake Malawi and conservation on its shores could benefit 300,000 people in the long term. The Principal Secretary of Natural ...

Local livelihoods in several East African countries dependent on resources from these lakes are threatened by unsustainable fishing. “At least two billion people depend directly on inland freshwater ...

Hundreds of local traders gather each morning and afternoon at Senga only to find that fish populations are falling in Lake Malawi, Africa's third largest body of freshwater. 'No alternative to ...

The project aims at improving coordination network for the local fisheries authorities in the eight districts of Lake Malawi and at national level to ensure that fishing regulations are followed.

Makhala and Kambwe which along the Lake Malawi. According to the department of fisheries, the floating fish, observed in December 2014, were Chambo, Kampango, Utaka, Mlamba, Ncheni, Nkholokolo ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi ... Tanzania is on the shores of Lake Malawi. However the treaty allowed the Tanganyika [now Tanzania] territory to use the waters for fishing and even for ...