This summary presents the findings of the brief study by ICLARM (now known as the WorldFish Center) in August 2002 on inland fisheries in Mozambique. The study aims to identify the constraints to the development of inland fisheries to strengthen livelihoods, food security and economic growth, and to identify and propose possible initiatives which could be introduced to enable this development. Most attention was directed to the lacustrine waters in Niassa and Tete Provinces.