For decades, many Tanzanian fishers have shared the same frustration. They could spend hours on the lake or at sea, return with a good catch, yet struggle to find reliable buyers, negotiate fair...
By
Jacob Mosenda
Senior Journalist with The Citizen
Mwananchi Communications Limitted
Dar es Salaam. For decades, many Tanzanian fishers have shared the same frustration. They could spend hours on the lake or at sea, return with a good catch, yet struggle to find reliable buyers, negotiate fair prices or access markets beyond their local communities.
Tanzania is one of Africa’s major fishing nations, with the fisheries sector supporting around 6 million Tanzanians along the…
Every fishing season on Lake Nyasa brings a familiar contradiction: abundant sardine catches, but heavy post-harvest losses that…
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In today's fish markets, consumers tend to pay more attention to contamination warnings than to nutritional benefits, which can…
Feeling unsafe due to frequent crocodile attacks while fishing, Wayu resolved to invest in fish ponds.
Two young Tanzanian innovators have developed a fishing technology that uses adjustable light intensity to attract specific fish…
