# Climate change, overfishing: Lake Chad sees fish stocks dwindle

https://mins.news/en/item/68800

- France 24, 2026-09-22 11:30 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20260922-climate-change-overfishing-lake-chad-sees-fish-stocks-dwindle

> People in Chad’s Lake Province are bearing the effects of climate change. Communities there have long relied on Lake Chad, chiefly for fishing and also for farming, but increasingly erratic weather is disrupting both, reducing fish stocks, damaging farmland and raising living costs.

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