The secretive traders fulfilling demand for a Chinese delicacy | Geoffrey Kamadi
by Geoffrey Kamadi from Environment | The Guardian on (#4FYDK)
Highly prized for its swim bladder - served in soups and stews - the fish could disappear altogether from Africa's Lake Victoria thanks to the lucrative trade
A thriving trade in fish maw - made from the swim bladders of fish - could lead to the extinction of the Nile perch fish in east Africa's Lake Victoria.
Demand for fish maw has spawned such a lucrative business enterprise in the region that it is raising concerns of overfishing.
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