Category Archives: Fishery

Omena, Small Pelagics: The Trade Statistcs on The Fish That Feeds Everyone Else

Even though Kenya governs just 6% of Lake Victoria’s surface, local silver cyprinid catches alone made up more than half of the lake’s total fish landings in the early 2010s, and by 2020 estimates put dagaa/omena/mukene’s share of total lake landings at 72%. This is, by volume, the dominant fishery on Lake Victoria — larger than Nile perch, larger than tilapia

East Africa Tilapia Trade: The 173x Cage Boom

Fava Herb Fish & Aquaculture Report — Issue II: Tilapia | The 173x Cage Boom Fava Herb Fish & Aquaculture Report — Issue II of V Tilapia: The 173x Cage Boom Uganda’s cage aquaculture production grew from 800 tonnes to more than 138,000 tonnes in fifteen years — almost entirely Nile tilapia. Floating cages now […]