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Title: The fish stocks of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Date Published: 1999
Author/s: Okaronon, J.O
Data publication:
Funding Agency : European Union Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project (Ref: ACP-RPR 227) and the Government of Uganda
Copyright/patents/trade marks: Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Journal Publisher: Fisheries Data Working Group of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project
Affiliation: FIRI
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Abstract:

An experimental bottom trawl survey was carried out in the Uganda sector of Lake Victoria from November 1997 to December 1998 to estimate the composition, distribution, and abundance of the major fish species. In 12 cruises, 295, thirty-minute hauls were taken in waters from 4-60 m deep. Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L) made up 95% of the catch by weight. Haplochromine cichlids and L. niloticus occurred in all areas sampled while Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) and other tilapiines were restricted to waters less than 30 m deep. In waters deeper than 40 m, catches were generally near zero. Species diversity and abundance decreased with increasing water depth. In waters less than 30 m deep, the area where the artisanal fishermen operate, the mean catch was 126kg hr super(1)

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