The fish were a mix of the same gene pool, originally supplied by three swamp-dwelling cichlid species when Lake Victoria refilled some 16,000 years ago. As the populations merged, they gave rise ...

freshwater fish are thought to be the second most endangered vertebrates in the world. In Lake Victoria, a giant lake shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, over a quarter of endemic species ...

This is the painful story of Lake Victoria — and there is a question that needs an urgent answer. How do we undo a colonial mistake that damaged the Lake Victoria food chain? Forget all the ...

Brought to Lake Victoria in the 1950s to meet commercial demand for its meat, the Nile perch devastated native populations of fish known as haplochromine cichlids. By the 1990s, experts estimated that ...

Uganda, which produces at least 520 tonnes of Nile perch ... Catching immature fish threatens the sustainability of Lake Victoria’s fish species. Rising demand has also led to the use of illegal ...

At least 20 people have died and five are missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria. Police said the vessel was carrying charcoal, fresh foods and fish when ...

This colossal lake spans three countries and is named after British royalty. The lake in question is Lake Victoria, which is shared by Uganda ... a million tonnes of fish each year and providing ...