AEHMS Vol 10 Issue 4

Great Lake Victoria Fisheries: Changes, Sustainability and Building Blocks for Management

Preface

Fisheries dynamics

The role of the freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica (Roux) in the diet of the major commercial fish species in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Y.L. Budeba and I.G. Cowx (Tanzania)

Contribution of Caridina nilotica (Roux) in the dagaa fishery in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Y.L. Budeba and I.G. Cowx (Tanzania)

Dietary shifts in Brycinus sadleri (Pisces: Characidae) from southern Lake Victoria
J. H. Wanink, J. Joordens (the Netherlands)

Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of Rastrineobola argentea in Lake Victoria.
R. Tumwebaze, I.G. Cowx, S. Ridgway, A. Getabu and D.N. MacLennan (Uganda)

Survival of the Lake Victoria Rastrineobola argentea in a rapidly changing environment: Biotic and Abiotic interactions.
J.O. Manyala and J.E. Ojuok (Kenya)

Differential decline and recovery of haplochromine trophic groups in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria
F. Witte, J.H. Wanink, M.A. Kishe-Machumu, O.C. Mkumbo, P.C. Goudswaard, and O. Seehausen (the Netherlands)

Implications for Fisheries Management:

Changes in population characteristics and diet of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) from Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya: what are the management options?
M. Njiru, J.B. Okeyo-Owuor, M. Muchiri, I.G. Cowx, M. van der Knaap (Kenya)

The effect of overfishing on the life-history strategies of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya
J.E Ojuok, M. Njiru, M.J. Ntiba K. M. Mavuti (Kenya)

Towards sustainable exploitation of Nile perch consequential to regulated fisheries in Lake Victoria.
O.C. Mkumbo, C.N. Ezekiel, I.G. Cowx (Uganda)

Impact of the baited hook fishery on the recovering endemic fish species in Lake Victoria
O.C. Mkumbo and E. Mlaponi (Uganda)

The future of change: roles, dynamics and functions for fishing communities in the management of Lake Victoria’s fisheries
K. Geheb, M. Medard, M. Kyangwa, and C. Lwenya (Uganda)

Great Lake Victoria Fisheries: Changes, Sustainability and Building Blocks for Management: Synthesis and Conclusions
M. van der Knaap, F.C. Roest, M. Munawar

A Tribute to Dr. Jack Vallentyne
M. Munawar