Exotic introductions to the fishery of Lake Victoria: What are the management options?

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Njiru, M ^a   Waithaka, E ^a   Muchiri, M ^b   van Knaap, M ^c   Cowx, I G ^d  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c University of Hull ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exotic introductions; Fisheries management; Haplochromines; Lake Victoria; Lates; Overfishing; Tilapiines

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OVERFISHING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS LEUCOSTICTUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 33745253404     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2005.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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