Cage culture: Hope for restoring Chambo fish in Malawi

Awushe Adam Chindamba is a single mother from Ntagaluka Village under Group Village Head M’baluku in Traditional Authority Mponda – Mangochi. Her husband abandoned her fifteen years ago. Since then, the 51-year-old has, single-handedly, been fending for her four children and two grandchildren. Ntagaluka Village is located immediately after the Bakili Muluzi Bridge over Shire […]

Authorities confiscate Chambo in Nkhotakota Market for ‘illegal’ fishing

The Department of Fisheries on Tuesday confiscated over 58 kilograms of Oreochromis species of fish commonly known as Kasawala or baby Chambo from Nkhotakota Market, saying the fishermen caught the fish illegally. District Fisheries Officer (DFO,) Rodgers Makwinja confirmed that his office confiscated illegal Kasawala from the market following a patrol conducted by the fisheries […]

Fish production can spur economic growth in Malawi – Experts

Pundits of fishery have observed that increase in fish production can boost the socio-economic status of the country if the citizenry can abide to principles of the fishing. Dr Sloans Chimatiro, Programme Manager of World Fish, said this recently in Mangochi during a three-day long conference Great Lakes of the World (GLOW) organized. The gathering […]