Kisumu fish traders displays mud fish harvested from lake Victoria at the Kisumu municipal fish market The price of Nile perch has increased by more than 48 per cent as demand for the rare species of ...

A stroll at Obunga market reveals a puzzling but increasingly common activity that has been the lifeline of several fishmongers and offered a livelihood for over 300 households. Here, the Nile Perch ...

Pictured on the left is the Nile perch, a voracious predator introduced into Lake Victoria by humans to satisfy meat demands in the 1950s. On the right, several species of endemic cichlids that were ...

UKEREWE, Tanzania—The night is clear and cool, the pale light of the full moon shimmering on the black water of Lake Victoria. As we emerge from the bay and round a small headland, Hamisi, the crew’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. It might be surprising to learn that, in a lake as large as Victoria, a single fish could shape so much of East Africa’s history, culture and, now, ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Overfishing on Lake Victoria has seen Nile Perch stocks drop 81 percent to 370,000 metric tons in 2008 from 2 million metric tons three years ago, "annihilating" the species, ...

Entebbe, Uganda, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Piles of dead Nile perch have been washing up on the shore of Lake Victoria in Uganda for no obvious reason, threatening the livelihoods of the surrounding ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Lake Victoria’s commercial fish stocks have plummeted due to overfishing, invasive species, pollution, and changing climatic conditions, among ...

South African fisherman Andy Coetzee has his eyes set on a giant perch--a massive freshwater predator fish indigenous to the waters of Uganda. But just as he catches one, a nearby crocodile tries to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Angling legend Andy Coetzee heads to Central Africa in search of a leviathan -- the Nile perch. Join him on an epic battle against angry waters, ...

Different fish can cause different allergies when eaten. Research into protein provides new insight into these fish allergies. Food allergies are evidently much more specific than previously assumed.

Piles of dead Nile perch have been washing up on the shore of Lake Victoria in Uganda for no obvious reason, threatening the livelihoods of the surrounding communities, locals said. Entebbe, Uganda, ...