Improvements in the way Mozambique collects fishing statistics mean the country has drastically over-reported growth in the size of the country’s catch and could now miss the warning signs of deteriorating fish stocks, academics have warned. Mozambique’s official fisheries data shows that the amount of fish caught by small-scale fishing increased 800% from 2003 to…...

Fishermen holding a net between boat and beach at Pinda, Mozambique. Photo: Stig Nygaard, Wikimedia Commons