Inland fishery ecosystems in Africa are characterized by patterns of overexploitation,
environmental degradation and exotic species introductions. Ecological complexity and …

Poverty is a pervasive issue in small‐scale fisheries. Not only does it affect a substantial
population, it is also a complex problem that is difficult to define, explain and solve. Thus …

Since the beginning of fisheries in Lake Victoria, two native tilapiine species, Oreochromis
esculentus and Oreochromis variabilis, were the main target of the local fishermen. A …

Probablemente el Lago Victoria en Africa oriental está experimentando la mayor extinción
de vertebrados contemporáneos. Durante una decada desaparecían aproximadamente 200 …

During the second half of the last century, the Lake Victoria ecosystem has undergone
drastic ecological changes. Most notable has been the decline in the populations of many …

Poverty was at the heart of the tragedy of the commons discourse from the very beginning.
The idea was that commoners would inevitably end up deprived due to their own resource …

Tilapias have been introduced as alien species to~ about 90 tropical or subtropical countries
and territories, purposely for aquaculture or fisheries: or accidentally. In Africa, tilapias have …

Lake Victoria had a fish fauna dominated by 500+ species of haplochromine cichlids that
made up more than 80% of the fish mass. The five main trophic groups caught with bottom …

The pelagic cyprinid dagaa plays a crucial role in the disrupted ecosystem of Lake Victoria. It
is the main utilizer of zooplankton, a major prey for the introduced Nile perch and, after Nile …

The presence of the non-native Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria and the resulting
ecological transformations have garnered significant attention from the scientific community …