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| | USAID Malawi - Aquaculture |
 | | The government estimates that 3,000 fish farmers own 7,000 fishponds scattered around the country, producing only 500 tons of fish annually. |
 | | Approximately 20% of the country’s land surface is freshwater, including Lakes Malawi, Malombe, Chilwa, Chiuta, and Kazuni, and several major river systems: Shire, Linthipe, Bua, South and North Rukuru, and Songwe. |
 | | These lakes and rivers produced 80,000 metric tons of fish in the 1970s. |
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