Abstract:
Fish is an important source of food and income for many poor households in Uganda. Fish farming also relieves the fishing pressure on natural water bodies. However, fish growing in ponds have a lot of enemies called predators which either injure or kill the fish in the pond. This reduces the amount of fish caught at harvest time as well as the quality of the harvested fish as a result of injuries they sustain from these predators. The exact amount of fish loss caused by these predators has not yet been ascertained. However. farmers have complained that predators are mainly responsible for fish losses to their ponds.