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| Title: | Observations on the fisheries, growth and mortality rate of Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria |
| Authors: | Dache, S. |
| ASFA Terms: | Fishery management
Growth
Lake fisheries
Landing statistics
Mortality |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| Publisher: | ICIPE SCIENCE |
| Citation: | Okemwa, E; Wakwabi, EO; Getabu, A (Ed.) Proceedings of the Second EEC Regional Seminar on Recent Trends of Research on Lake Victoria Fisheries, Nairobi : ICIPE SCIENCE, p. 59-65 |
| Abstract: | Oreochromis niloticus forms the third most important commercial
fishery in Lake Victoria after Lates niloticus and Rastrineobola
argentea. Because of its commercial importance as a cheap source of
animal protein, a study of its landing trends, growth and mortality
rates was conducted to assess the state of its stock in the lake and
recommend guidelines for its exploitation and management. To arrive at
the trends, landing data between 1976 and 1989 were analysed. For the
estimation of the growth and mortality rates, length frequency data
were collected from trawl surveys conducted fortnight between
Sseptember, 1989 and August, 1990 in the Nyanza Gulf. The results show
increased landings during the study period, with a higher percentage
landed in the open waters of the lake. The length-frequency results
show that O. niloticus is a slow growing fish which attains a great
asymptotic length of 61.3 cm, a growth constant K of 0.35 yr super(-1)
and a high growth performance index phi of 3.12. The total, natural
and fishing mortality rates were estimated at 1.71 yr super(-1) and
0.72, 0.99 yr super(-1) respectively. It is concluded from these
studies that O. niloticus has a high growth performance index
attaining larger sizes and if well managed, its fishery may flourish
and sustain the protein supply to the people living around the lake. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1152 |
| ISBN: | 9290640789 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers
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