From Daily News, Dar es Salaam
By DAILY NEWS Reporter
FISH-processing factories in the country are on the verge of closing for lack of adequate fish supplies, it has been said.
Illicit fishing, which is said to have reached a crisis point around the country, has led to the depletion of fish population, triggering the current shortage that has left the factories yawning.
Dynamite fishing, where explosives are used to kill
schools of fish for easy collection, and catching of immature fish have depleted the lakes and seas, according to Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) fisheries units in Mwanza and Kilwa Kivinje.
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