Abstract:
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) undertakes quarterly monitoring of the water environment at Source of the Nile (SON) fish farm. The activity which is through a collaborative arrangement between SON fish farm and NaFIRRI aims at assessing possible changes in the water environment at SON cage area. The current monitoring study for quarter 2 (April to June 2017) was conducted in June 2017 and the following parameters were measured: physical and chemical parameters in water column, sediment grain size and percent organic matter, algae, zooplankton, benthic macro invertebrates and fish communities.