Wordless Wednesday...not really

This is my weekly Tanzanian life photo post. Tanzania is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, second to Lake Superior. As you can imagine, fishing is big business in Tanzania. These photos were taken last year by Shannon while he was on Maisome Island in Lake Victoria.


The pictures show thousands, maybe even millions of tiny little fish. They are captured in nets, then brought in and spread out to dry. After they are dry they are bagged up to be shipped. Shannon said it was quite smelly and as you can see, there are paths amongst the fish for people to get around.

A documentary that Shannon and I recently watched is called Darwin's Nightmare. It is kind of slow to watch but speaks of how globalization has affected Lake Victoria and the people of Tanzania. Most of the documentary was filmed right in Mwanza as well as on several islands. It is sad but true that the people of Tanzania that capture these fish usually cannot afford to eat them as they are shipped to Europe and the United States.