[1] Sex for fish is a common phenomenon in many developing countries, with the bulk of cases observed in Sub-Saharan Africa's inland fisheries.
The men or the traders who receive sexual favours would grant preferential sales and sell at reduced prices to these women.
[4] In September 2012, a Kenyan TV station reported incidents where gay men exchanged sex for fish.
[6] In Kenya, it is assumed that sex for fish contributes to the high HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Lake Victoria region, where it is double the national average.
[9] Transactional sex is common in Malawian fishing communities, with women identified as vulnerable in negotiations due to existing gendered power structures.
This was disclosed by fishermen who were trained by YONECO as peer educators during a monitoring visit the organization made to Mposa in Machinga district.
[10] In the Kafue Flats region of Zambia, the sex for fish exchange increased the spread of HIV/AIDS rapidly between the years 2002–2005.
[11] In 2010, two Peace Corps volunteers, Dominik Mucklow and Michael Geilhufe, who lived near Lake Victoria, decided to do something to help the women who were trapped in the sex for fish practice.
It shows how the HIV virus has affected different people in various ways, focusing on those both directly involved with the notorious Jaboya system and those who have lost family members due to it.