‘Our only livelihood’: Zimbabwean fishing communities fear for future as stocks dwindle

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The country’s first women’s fishing co-operative has made a good living on Lake Kariba for a decade, but global heating, overfishing and lower rainfall now mean that catches are becoming increasingly sparse

, built the pontoon boat – a platform resting on cylindrical metal floats, a metal sunshade and a sleeping hut. A light, which is fixed to the rods holding the nets, attracts fish.

“I don’t go back home until the 24 days have elapsed. After that, we call it a full moon, so we won’t be allowed to fish any more.will be open after seven days; the authorities will be guarding against overfishing,” Munkuli says, adding that there were now too many boats on the lake. Munkuli on the Bbindauko Banakazi Kapenta Co-operative’s boat. She formed the first women’s fishing co-operative in Zimbabwe with nine other women in 2011

Zambia and Zimbabwe have agreed to reduce the number of boats fishing their shared waters, but poaching is rife. “Water temperature has increased over the years, exceeding the 28C [82F] threshold for certain algae to thrive. This algae is food for zooplankton, which is in turn food for kapenta,” Farawo said.

“We were also getting the fish [food] pellets from Harare and Victoria Falls, which are very far, so the project suffered.”

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