Botswana Gets Thailand's Help With Mystery Fish Disease

28 October 2010

Gaborone — A lack of laboratory equipment and technical expertise has left Botswana unable to find the cause of a fatal disease that is ravaging its largest and most important fishery.

Fishing is the main source of protein and revenue for many people in the Okavango Delta in the north of the country. This makes fishing an important socio-economic activity in the area, according to Keta Mosepele, a senior research fellow at the Okavango Research Institute.

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