The Loss of inheritance: Rapid commercialization of the local fisheries in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria region is leading to the disappearance of gifted customs and traditions

Medard, Modesta and van Dijk, Han and Hebinck, Paul and Mwaipopo, Rosemarie N. (2012) The Loss of inheritance: Rapid commercialization of the local fisheries in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria region is leading to the disappearance of gifted customs and traditions. Yemaya (40). pp. 7-10. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Lake Victoria supports Africa’s largest inland fi shery. In the 1950s, a new fish species, the Nile perch (Lates niloticus), was introduced in Lake Victoria. Whether that was a right decision has been a subject of intense debate as catastrophic results have been reported in the last two decades, with about 300 fi sh species all but wiped out as a result of the newcomer’s predations. Today, only three fi sh species dominate the fishery: the Nile perch, the dagaa (Rastrineobola argentea) and tilapia.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM343
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Commercial Fishing, Traditional Fisheries, Nile Perch, Fishing Craft, Boat Building, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:41
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 04:29
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/735

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