Editing Lake Tanganyika (section)

== Fishing ==
[[File:Fishing boat in Kagongo Ward.jpg|thumb|Fishing Boat in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma District]]
[[File:Fisherman on Lake Tanganyika.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fishermen on Lake Tanganyika]]
Lake Tanganyika supports a major fishery, which, depending on source, provides 25–40%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mongabay.com/external/lake_tanganyika_warming.htm |title=Global warming is killing off tropical lake fish – Study of Lake Tanganyika |publisher=www.mongabay.com |access-date=2008-03-14 |archive-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629225857/http://www.mongabay.com/external/lake_tanganyika_warming.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> or {{circa}} 60% of the animal protein in the diet of the people living in the region.<ref name=Jensen2016/><ref name=McGrath2016>{{cite news |author=McGrath, M. |title=Decline of fishing in Lake Tanganyika 'due to warming' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37009305 |publisher=BBC |date=8 August 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018 |archive-date=28 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428163551/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37009305 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lake Tanganyika fish can be found exported throughout East Africa. Major commercial fishing began in the mid-1950s and has, together with global warming, had a heavy impact on the fish populations, causing significant declines.<ref name=Jensen2016/><ref name=McGrath2016/><ref name=Reilly2003/> In 2016, it was estimated that the total catch was up to 200,000 tonnes.<ref name=Jensen2016/>