Weighted throwing nets are commonly used to catch fish in Uganda's freshwater lakes. Here a fisherman throws his net from the prow of a wooden boat at the northern end of Lake Albert where the lake waters join the White Nile.

Weighted throwing nets are commonly used to catch fish in Uganda's freshwater lakes. Here a fisherman throws his net from the prow of a wooden boat at the northern end of Lake Albert where the lake waters join the White Nile.

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The Turkana spear-fish in the shallow waters of Lake Turkana. The wooden shaft has a detachable metal tip with a sharp barb,which is secured to the end of a long piece of rope. Here,a fisherman waits motionlessly at the ready while standing on a raft made from four or five doum palm logs lashed together.
Lake Kyoga is formed by the Victoria Nile in its middle course,and has several arms or waterways. A shallow lake (only 10-12 feet deep) fringed with dense floating papyrus,it is an important fish ground for the local people. Most fishing takes place from wooden boats using weighted throwing nets.
With his traditional fishing basket poised,a Turkana fisherman rushes to catch a tilapia in the shallow waters of Lake Turkana. The conical shaped basket,three to four feet wide at the mouth and made from pliable sticks and twisted doum palm fronds,has a small flap at the top of the cone through which trapped fish are removed.
A lone Turkana fisherman with his traditional fishing basket strikes an impressive pose on the shores of Lake Turkana as he waits the arrival of his companions before fishing the shallow waters for tilapia.
As the sun rises over Lake Turkana,a lone Turkana fisherman sits on his traditional fishing baskets to await the arrival of his companions before fishing the shallow waters for tilapia.
At daybreak,fishermen leave Dunga Beach to fish the shallow waters of Lake Victoria's Kavirondo Gulf near Kisumu. The style of wooden boat they use is called a Sese canoe after the Sese islanders who originally made it in Uganda's portion of the lake.Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world.
As the sun rises over Lake Turkana,a group of fishermen set out with their traditional fishing baskets to catch talapia in the lake's shallow waters. These traditional methods of fishing are now rare because the introduction of small mesh gillnets has resulted in a marked decline of fish stocks close to the shore.

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