The Pemba Channel is the

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separating the eastern coast of mainland

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on the coast of central and northern

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from

Pemba Island Pemba Island ( ar, الجزيرة الخضراء ''al-Jazīra al-khadrā'', literally "The Green Island"; sw, Pemba kisiwa) is a Tanzanian island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, lying within the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean. Geog ...

to the south of the

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. The channel is entirely in

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territorial waters The Pemba Channel is well known to be teeming with fish;

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wahoo Wahoo (''Acanthocybium solandri'') is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh makes it a prized and valued game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is kno ...

s, giant trevallies and

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s are some of the

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found in the area, together with

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s and occasional

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s. The Pemba Channel Fishing Club, located on the

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n coast at

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, is one of the oldest and most famous African fishing clubs;

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, among others, practiced high sea fishing there.La magia di Pemba Channel
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References

Straits of Africa Straits of the Indian Ocean Pemba Island Zanzibar Archipelago Bodies of water of Kenya Bodies of water of Tanzania Kenya–Tanzania border {{Kenya-geo-stub