Brought to Lake Victoria in the 1950s to meet commercial demand for its meat, the Nile perch devastated native populations of fish known as haplochromine cichlids.

Lake Victoria is so massive that it is shared by three countries, has a larger surface area than many countries, and is home ...

A thriving east African trade in the swim bladder has taken hold of the local communities on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is threatening to make the Nile Perch locally extinct. The fish is a ...

Lake Victoria was first documented by British ... particularly with the introduction of Nile perch, which has driven many native species to extinction. The lake is also home to hippos ...

But for others, it is the most profitable fish in Lake Victoria due to its highly valuable fish maws. The Maws, or the fish air bladder, which is basically the stomach of the Nile Perch - locally ...