Community groups confiscated illegal fish traps

Illegal fish traps

In Mangochi District, one Beach Village Committee (BVC) found hundreds of illegal fish traps being used in a fish breeding area.

Maliro BVC members saw that migrant fishermen were using these illegal traps lined with mosquito nets. They organised a meeting with Chiefs, the Area Development Committee, the Village Development Committee and Community Policing, and together they confiscated 300 fish traps.

Confiscated fish traps from a breeding area in Malawi
An illegal fish trap

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