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Saving the endangered Native Victoria Tilapia, Oreochromis variabilis Boulenger (1906), in Upper Victoria Nile
(National Agricultural Research Organisation, 2020)
This study investigated the catch estimates, mortality, growth, food and feeding habits, and
water parameters of Oreochromis variabilis in Upper Victoria Nile (UVN) from 2008 to 2019. Catch
rates ranged 0.32±0.08 to ...
Dietary Value of Waste-Fed Rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis on the Larval Rearing of Japanese Whiting Sillago japonica
(E3S Web of Conferences, 2020-02-12)
Abstract. Live food resources are useful for larval fish rearing. However, production of sufficient live food resources is expensive. This study employed a cost-effective rotifer culture technique using fish waste diet ...
Status of Fish Health Management and Biosecurity Measures in Fish Farms, Cages and Hatcheries in Western Kenya
(CABI, 2021)
Aquaculture is one of the critical sectors contributing to food and nutrition security, income and employment
opportunities to millions of people and is currently the fastest growing food-producing sector globally. With ...
Using Earthworm, Eisenia fetida, to Bio-convert Agro-industrial Wastes for Aquaculture Nutrition
(BioResources, 2020)
Agro-industrial waster pose great economic and evironmental hazards, while the economic success of aquaculture is a threatened bu the unsustainabiloity o fishmeal use.
The aim of the present study were to bio-convert ...
Perceived consumer preferences of fisheries products retailed in Kenyan markets
(Bioscience Research, 2020)
Fish consumption in Africa is still low below the FAO recommended levels due to low production of fish
compared to China and other Asian countries and Europe. The consumer food purchasing behavior is
also highly affected ...
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) infestation cycle and interactions with nutrients and aquatic biota in Winam Gulf (Kenya), Lake Victoria
(Lake and reservoirs, 2021)
Lake Victoria, like many other lakes in Africa, is affected by water hyacinth that reside in several bays for the majority of the year. The weed affects several economic activities of the local communities and denies revenue ...
Population Biology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(Wiley, 2020)
The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was introduced into Lake Naivasha to provide
exploitable fisheries, being one of the commercially important fish providing livelihoods to communities around the lake. Its stocks ...
Complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater monogonont rotifer Brachionus rubens (Rotifera, Brachionidae
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The two complete mitochondrial genomes were sequenced from the freshwater monogonont rotifer Brachionus rubens. The genome sequences were 12,041bp and 13,793bp in size, and the gene order and contents were identical to ...
Culturing live foods for fish larviculture using non‐microalgal diet: The role of waste‐generated bacteria and selected commercial probiotics—A review
(Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 2022)
Condensed suspension of live microalga cells, for example, Chlorella vulgaris, Nannochloropsis oculata and Tetraselmis tetrathele is often utilized as diets for mass production of live food resources, that is, rotifers, ...
Biofloc system improves protein utilization efficiency and growth performance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fry: Experimental evidence
(John Wiley &Sons Ltd., 2022)
This study evaluated the effect of biofloc technology (BFT) on protein utilization and growth performance of Oreochromis niloticus fry under green house for 14 weeks under a 3 × 2 factorial design involving three crude ...