CAUGHT IN CRISIS| Two Years On, Tanzania’s Fish Shortage Threatens Job

CAUGHT IN CRISIS| Two Years On, Tanzania’s Fish Shortage Threatens Job

Two years after an investigation warned of a crisis in Lake Victoria’s fisheries, Mwanza processors say they are operating at a fraction of capacity and cutting jobs. But government statistics tell a more complicated story. MWANZA — Inside some of Mwanza’s fish-processing factories, the problem is not the size of the machinery. It is what is arriving at the factory gate. Processors say supplies of fish from Lake Victoria have become increasingly…