A thriving east African trade in the swim bladder has taken hold of the local communities on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is threatening to make the Nile Perch locally extinct. The fish is a ...

dagaa dominated the catch with 42 per cent of the total fish captured from Lake Victoria, then followed by nile perch at 25 per cent, Tilapia at 13 per cent, followed by others. The report indicat ...

The lake in question is Lake Victoria, which is shared by Uganda ... especially with the introduction of Nile perch, which has led to the extinction of many native species. The lake also serves ...

Lake Victoria’s rising waters have not spared ... in Uganda and Kenya reported that fish deaths, particularly of Nile perch, followed the rising water levels in 2021 and 2023.

A meta-analysis of scientific studies, published in Biological Reviews has investigated differences in resource use efficiency between native and non-native species.

In Uganda, fishers compete for Nile perch in Lake Victoria and ship them to China for extremely high prices. More from So Expensive Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most ...