Dar es Salaam, April 22 -- KIGOMA: FISH production on Lake Tanganyika has dwindled by 18 per cent in the last four years affected mainly by illegal and unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Chief Fisheries Officer, Mr Ambakisye Simtoe told the ‘Daily News in a phone interview recently that the production went down from 104,178 tonnes in 2020 to 85,180 tonnes last year and was also affected by overfishing and climate change.

“These combination factors are the major causes of declining yields,” Mr Simtoe said. He said these factors affected the fish production on the countrys side of Lake Tanganyika. According to Mr Simtoe the survey conducted by the Tanzania Fisheries Researc...