Factories to Reopen after Record Fish Stock in Lake Victoria
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The East African] by PAUL TAJUBA - December 21, 2017
Lake Victoria has recorded the biggest fish stock recovery in 12 years, and Ugandan authorities are considering reopening some processing factories.
Nile perch, the most commercially successful fish species in the lake, has increased by 30 per cent and so has the stock of haplochromines, locally known as nkejje, according to the Status of Fish Stocks in Lake Victoria 2017 survey.
The survey was carried out by Uganda’s National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI), Kenya’s Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), and the Tanzania Fisheries...