Dar es Salaam, Aug. 14 -- Two years after an investigation warned of a crisis in Lake Victorias 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 Mwanzas 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 unreliable, forcing some plants to operate at around 20 percent of their installed capacity. One factory in Ilemela has reduced its workforce by about 120 people, in just three years, while industry representatives warn that other factories could eventually close if the s...