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Overfishing and bycatch of unwanted species affect fisheries worldwide ... helped test the robot in Lake Malawi. He says bottom trawling, which many developing countries use to sample fish ...

[1] Located at the Southern end of the great expense of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and mountain backdrop, the national park is home to many hundreds of fish species, nearly all endemic.

1980). This astonishing diversity also extends to aquatic environments. Africa’s Lake Malawi is home to over 500 species of fish belonging to a single genus (Figure 1c; Kornfield & Smith 2000).

Chin was involved in a reintroduction effort for a cichlid species in Lake Malawi in 2019, but she says logistical obstacles have meant that no one has returned to see if the population survived.