Totoral

“The totoral is a habitat very affected on the shores of Lake Titicaca because of the reduction of the water level due to the droughts of the last three years and the extraction of this plant and the chemicals. In the 60s and 70s there was a reported 29 species of fish, but today they can account for less than 20 and, of these 20, each species has much less individuals than before. One reason for this reduction is because of the great amount of fishing of the totorales. They use the fish, then they take the bones and cut them and send them to the dry area to feed the cattle and use as forage.”