DODOMA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Fishing activities in Lake Tanganyika, shared by Tanzania, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, will be closed from May 15 to Aug. 15 to allow for fish breeding, a senior official said Tuesday.
The four countries have jointly decided to close fishing during this period to sustainably manage the lake's fisheries, Tanzanian Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Abdallah Ulega told parliament in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania.
