Weir by the mouth of a river

Linthipe River, Salima District(Then)
Mlowe River, Nkhotakhota District(Now)
(Africa-Malawi)

Weir fishery in 1946. The fishery is made by lining up piles and branches across the river, and setting fish traps that are woven with cane (called Mono by the native) among it. According to Dr. Low-McConnell, white poles used for driving piles are elephant bones. By using Weir, people caught fish called Mpasa, a kind of fish belongs to the carp family, that were coming up river to spawn. The Mpasa was a very popular big fatty fish. It is still very preferred but amount of the capture has decreased and the fish became so luxurious that most of the people can no longer eat them. Weir is, even today, set to where the big river joins to the lake. (Y. Kada)