East Africa: EAC States Now Act On Overfishing to Save Stocks in Lake Victoria

Faced with dwindling fish stocks in Lake Victoria, East African states have moved to institute stringent measures to control fishing in the shared water body.

Uganda, which controls 45 per cent of Africa's largest freshwater lake, has deployed the military to guard its territorial waters and keep foreigners away.

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