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THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN AFRICA Fishing refers to the extraction of aquatic/marine life such as from water bodies such a lakes, rivers, oceans etc. On the African continent, fishing is carried out on rivers such as Orange, Nile, Zambezi, in oceans such as the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, seas such as Mediterranean and Red sea and lakes such as Chad, Tana, Malawi, and Victoria. There are two major categories of fishing grounds in Africa i.e., the marine fishing grounds and the fresh water fishing grounds. MARINE FISHING GROUNDS These include seas and oceans that surrounds the African continent. They include the Red sea, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The major fish species caught in marine fisheries include Sardines, Tuna, Barracuda, mackerel, herrings, Prawns.



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