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Article: The Nile perch in Lake Victoria: local responses and adaptations.
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- Africa
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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ABSTRACT
Introduced into Lake Victoria in the 1950s, the Nile perch has gained fame for prompting rapid regional economic growth and for driving scores of endemic fish species into extinction. This study uses oral and archival data to trace the historical development of the Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria. Particular emphasis is placed on local responses and adaptations to (1) the Nile perch itself; (2) the abrupt integration of the Lake Victoria fishery with the global economy; and (3) the ecological changes that the Nile perch has precipitated. I also attempt to situate Lake Victoria's history in the larger debate about environment and African livelihoods. ...
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Article: Fishermen Patent Nile Perch.
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June 26, 2003 ;
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... ... commercial lifeline, the Nile Perch. This was done through the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation ... under a new name, Lake Victoria Nile Perch, adding that it was ... distinguish the high value Lake Victoria Nile Perch from other kinds of ...
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