Unlike in the 1980s and 1990s, when fishing boomed, fillets were exported to Europe, Asia and North America, 200,000 jobs were created and millions of Tanzanian families enjoyed high protein diets, the living is precarious.
Small-scale fishermen are hit hard. They are ill-equipped to catch fish in deep waters as fishing in shallow waters near breeding sites is outlawed. It is a Hobson’s choice.
