Nkhotakota empowered to enforce fishing rules

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Nkhotakota empowered to enforce fishing rules

Ripple Africa has donated a K5 million patrol boat to Nkhotakota Fisheries Department to enhance its capacity to enforce sustainable fishing in Lake Malawi in the district. The donation comes at a time fishers continue to flout fishing regulations and rules on the lake, including the use of illegal fishing gear and fishing during the closed season. Speaking on Wednesday during the handover of the boat at Arnolds Lakeshore Resort in the district,…