A new women’s collective is helping fishmongers diversify incomes as sex-for-fish requests increase in parts of Malawi.

By Charles Mpaka LAKE CHILWA, Malawi — When fishers on Lake Chilwa cast their nets, they don’t know whether there are fish below, or something else entirely. “We don’t go out in the lake ...

The Elephant Marsh is one of the biggest wetlands in Malawi and many of the country's inhabitants rely on it for their small-scale fishing catch. To make their small fisheries sustainable and ...

Along the lakes of Malawi and Kenya, men catch fish and women sell the fish. But there's a controversial practice that's part of the business.

Freshwater fish are an ‘aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine’ for Africa’s rivers, lakes and wetlands, a new report ...

By Lee Kwai Han Roughly 40% of the global fish catch comes from small-scale fisheries. It’s one of the food production ...

Malawi’s traditional fish smoking is labour-intensive, resulting in post-harvest losses. Researchers build eco-friendly kiln that reduces wood use and health hazards. The innovation aims to improve ...

Lake Malawi has more freshwater fish than anywhere else in the world, and park rangers are on the frontline of the battle to save them.

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 ...

Lake Malawi’s fish stocks are declining, but one community stands apart: around Mbenje Island, a traditional fisheries management plan has ensured thriving fish populations for generations ...

"While most fisheries policy in Malawi has previously focused on the larger high-value tilapia species, these results indicate the need for a shift in policy focus towards the small pelagic ...