Two men walk across a bed of dense water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) among wooden fishing boats moored on Lake Rashid, a coastal lagoon near Rashid (Rosetta) in the Nile Delta region of northern Egypt. The lake is a significant fishing ground and part of the broader network of Delta lakes connecting the Nile to the Mediterranean. Water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant, visibly covers large portions of the lake surface, a common ecological challenge affecting fishing communities across Egyptian Delta lakes.