Government warns fishers of severe El Niño impacts

Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Prof Mohammed Ali Sheikh, with the Zanzibar’s Officer-in-Charge of the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries, Dr Salim Mohamed Hamza, and a group of participants during the national inception workshop for the African Group of Experts on Negotiations (AGNES) project.

What you need to know:

  • The warning comes as Tanzania’s coastal fisheries face multiple climate-related pressures, including rising sea-surface temperatures, coral bleaching, mangrove degradation, declining fish catches