Rumphi, Malawi: For three consecutive days in October 2018, Catherine (real name withheld) went to a fishing camp in Luwuchi community on the shores of Lake Malawi to buy fish known locally as usipa.

The Government of Malawi has tightened fishing controls across Malawi’s major water bodies.Government has now banned several ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. "Sex for fish." That unlikely phrase ...

Lake Malawi, one of Africa’s most important freshwater ecosystems and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is under growing threat from plastic pollution — endangering both its extraordinary biodiversity and ...

The Lake Malawi National Park was established in 1980 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act (Cap. 66.07) to preserve a sample of the Lake Malawi biome, with particular reference to the rocky ...

Floating weeds and debris in Malawi’s Chia Lagoon have blocked waterways, flooded farmland and restricted access to fishing grounds, Mongabay reports.

A new method captures the true picture of how one of the world’s most-traded commodities—fish—moves from the water to the plate within a country. The findings in Nature Food about sub-Saharan Africa ...

Along the shores of Lake Malawi, poverty and food shortages are chronic problems, due to a declining fish catches in the lake. Women facing hunger, or trying to feed their families, sometimes resort ...

While conservation action has brought renewed hope for some species, today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals that overfishing is causing fish species in parts of the ...

Malawi’s government is considering tax and duty waivers for investors in fish cage farming, as it looks to aquaculture to offset declining catches from Lake Malawi and other natural water bodies.