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 ...

Lake Victoria, which came under the spotlight in 2004 by the documentary "Darwin's nightmare", is not only suffering from the introduction and commercialisation of the Nile perch. A study lead ...

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 ...

Some weeks ago, I was browsing the fish counter at Whole Foods when my eye was caught by the legend: “Lake Victoria Perch.” It caught my eye because I, like many, am a sucker for that kind of ...

THE Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Dr Bashiru Ally , has banned fish processing factories from deploying their own boats into the water for fishing or from buying fish directly from fishermen ...

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, ...

A fishmonger at her stall in Obunga fish market. [Olivia Odhiambo, Standard] A stroll at Obunga market reveals a puzzling but increasingly common activity that has been the lifeline of several ...

Lake Victoria, which came under the spotlight in 2004 by the documentary 'Darwin's nightmare', is not only suffering from the introduction and commercialization of the Nile perch: A study has ...