At Migingo island in Homabay County, Florence Akinyi sits near Lake Victoria armed with nets and boats as, shoal of dried Omena (small, pelagic, freshwater fish) surrounds her.A widow, Akinyi, 43, ...

Mwanza is part of a gold-rich belt in northern Tanzania. The area is surrounded by active mines and untapped reserves, and ...

Why Ice Fish for Perch? Yellow perch are some of the best-tasting freshwater fish. And when they're in a biting mood, they will hit just about any lure they can fit in their mouths. Other times ...

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, which share Lake Victoria, continue losing revenues due to plunder of the shared fisheries. Nile perch is poached for its swim bladder, alongside bycatch of silverfish and ...

In the previous six years to 2023, export data from the directorate of fisheries industry in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (Maaif) shows that Nile perch and its maws ...

This morning, she is buying 200 pieces of Nile Perch leftovers to fill her handcart. All of this comes from one of the three fish processing factories operating in Kisumu. The introduction of the Nile ...

Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of various local cichlid species, report scientists.

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 ...

Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of various local cichlid species, report scientists from Tokyo ...

A 'biological invasion' of alien species is threatening life on Earth according to a new report from the UN's ecology body.

Here, the Nile Perch species is a goldmine that is earning women income with its by-products transforming how the fish can improve income through its by-products. The Nile by-products consist of ...