A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity. In a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Freshwater fish populations in the Kavango and Zambezi (KAZA) river systems of southern Africa are in decline, so many stakeholders met last month ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Africa's freshwater fish are disappearing at alarming rates, with a new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature warning that ...

Banding together to sell fishing rights could generate economic benefits for African countries, which receive far less from access to their fisheries on the global market than other countries do from ...

Fisheries serve as a source of employment for millions of people in the small scale sector on the coastline of Africa. Their fishing activities, in turn, provide food security to over 200 million ...

In various regions of Africa, the repurposing of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for fishing is becoming a growing trend.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 3 2025 (IPS) - A new report has raised concerns about the exclusion of African fish workers from trade protocols between their governments and developed countries, resulting in ...

Often unassuming and cloaked in dull shades of brown or gray, freshwater fish have long been overlooked when it comes to conservation. It’s come at a cost, with as many as a third of global ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --New research confirms hybridization is a boon for evolution. Similar species sharing habitat sometimes mate. If they're genetically compatible, these species can spawn hybrids.

For over half a century, people in Central Africa have told tales of the fish seen climbing waterfalls, but these claims have never been officially confirmed. Now, these fish have finally been caught ...