Fish Stocks Recovering in East Africa's Fragile Lake Victoria

Fish stocks in Lake Victoria are recovering after the Ugandan defence forces began policing the water ten months ago to control illegal fishing - but at the same time scientists are warning that agricultural effluent and untreated wastewater being discharged into the lake are major contributors to the destruction of its fragile ecosystem.

A fisherman at the Ggaba landing site recently.

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