Recent trends in fisheries in Northern portion of Lake Victoria, Uganda
A study on the fish stocks and feeding habits of Lates niloticus in the northern portion of Lake Victoria (Uganda) was conducted during the period 1981 to 1985. A general decline in catch rates and total landings was observed. This was due to, along other factors, overfishing, use of beach seines and smaller lesh gill nets and predation on some of the species by L. niloticus. The most notable changes during the period were a sharp decline of the haplochromines and an increase of Rastrineobola argentea in commercial landings and a change in the feeding habits of L. niloticus from haplochrolines to Caridina and juvenile L. niloticus. There was also a decline in average weight of L. niloticus in both trawl catches and commercial landings.
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization
1986
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/34764 |
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