Evolution of the tilapia fishery with specific reference to the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linne)
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Date
2004
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As a fishery, the immensely large (c. 68,800 km2 ) LakeVictoria is a unique ecosystem which together with ariverine connection to the Lake Kyoga basin share acommon endemic "Victorian" fish fauna (Greenwood1966). Until the 1950s, the single socio economicallymost important species of fish in these two lakes wasthe native Oreochromis esculentus Graham (Graham1929) even though the lake also contained a secondnative tilapiine, 0reochromis variabilis , and over 300 other fish species (Beauchamp, 1956).Issue/Article Nr
2Page Range
79-92Pages
321Title of Parent Book or Report
Challenges for management of the fisheries resources, biodiversity and environment of Lake VictoriaPublisher or University
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI)Series : Nr
Fisheries Resources Research Institute Technical Report