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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

On the shores of Lake Malawi ... No alternative to fishing' For both locals and climate experts, declining fish numbers reflect a combination of environmental change and overfishing that augurs ill ...