Overfishing ‘annihilating’ Uganda's Nile Perch

[Barrett808]

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Overfishing on Lake Victoria has seen Nile Perch stocks drop 81 percent to 370,000 metric tons in 2008 from 2 million metric tons three years ago, "annihilating" the species, Uganda said Thursday.

Fishing is one of Uganda's leading export earners. The east African nation boasts four major lakes -- Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake George and Lake Kyoga.

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http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/04/overfishing-annihilating-uganda-nile.html

[theophilus]

1. This is great news! It is a species not naturally found in the lake. It was

somebody's "bright idea" to put it in the lake and it devastated the native populations. I hope they wipe it out and that the natives that are left will bounce back. People need to eat, but introducing non-natives is a bad idea almost all of the time.

[dipsydoodle]

3. ditto

the only thing they were good for was sport for bored UK carp anglers.

[izquierdista]

4. Non-native species

Does your wish extend to the non-native hominids that were introduced to the Americas in the last few centuries? :freak:

[GliderGuider]

2. Why should the Nile perch be spared the fate of all other edible fish?

After all, edible fish are there to be eaten. If they let themselves go extinct through lack of foresight (i.e. not breeding fast enough to stay ahead of our consumption) they deserve no sympathy from us. Better luck next species...