Use of Invasive Water Hyacinth as Fish Aggregation Devices Complicates Fisheries Management in Tropical Aquatic Ecosystems

ABSTRACT This paper addresses an overlooked conservation issue in the Global South: how invasive species, water hyacinth ( Pontederia crassipes ) in this case, can become embedded in human livelihood systems, creating socio‐ecological traps. It synthesises ecological, social and policy dimensions, illustrating the broader consequences of human‐mediated interactions with invasive species.