Preliminary surveys of the fish and fisheries of the Nzoia, Nyando and Sondu Miriu Rivers, Kenya.
Three Lake Victoria rivers were sampled to assess fish abundance and distribution in preparation for assessment of catches from the river systems. Preliminary fish abundance data indicate that fishing potential upstream is negligible but that important commercial species are present in the downstream floodplain areas. Three catfish species were recorded in the Nzoia river system that have not been found previously in the Kenyan sector of the Lake Victoria system, together with possibly two undescribed Barbus species.
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Format: | Report Section biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project
1999
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Subjects: | Stock assessment, Inland fisheries, Fishery surveys, Fishery resources, Abundance, New records, Distribution records, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/7180 |
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Summary: | Three Lake Victoria rivers were sampled to assess fish abundance and distribution in preparation for assessment of catches from the river systems. Preliminary fish abundance data indicate that fishing potential upstream is negligible but that important commercial species are present in the downstream floodplain areas. Three catfish species were recorded in the Nzoia river system that have not been found previously in the Kenyan sector of the Lake Victoria system, together with possibly two undescribed Barbus species. |
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