Massive fish die-offs in Lake Victoria affect Kenyan fishers

Fishing communities living along Lake Victoria depend on it heavily for their livelihoods. For ages, fishing in the world’s second-largest freshwater lake has been a significant source of income for them. However, fishers suffered a whopping loss of 1 billion shillings ($8 million) last year after massive fish die-offs in the lake. Months later, they are still trying to grapple with the loss and attempting to get back on track. Read the full story here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/fis... #environment #lakevictoria #kenya #fish #disaster --- Mongabay is a nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform that produces original reporting in English, Indonesian, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Brazilian Portuguese. Check out https://www.mongabay.com Watch more of our videos:    / mongabaytv   Subscribe to Mongabay’s newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cyyIH9 TikTok:   / mongabay   Twitter:   / mongabay   Instagram:   / mongabay   Facebook:   / mongabay   Mastodon: https://mastodon.green/@mongabay