Fecundity and egg sizes of pelagic fishes, Stolothrissa tanganicae and Limnothrissa miodon in relation to size of the fish. Student: Happy K. Peter Mentor:
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Lake Tanganyika has a very rich pelagic fishery, which consists mainly of endemic clupeid species (Stolothrissa tanganicae and Limnothrissa miodon) and their predators, endemic centropomids (Lates spp.). Stolothrissa tanganicae is the most important species in the fishery. Coenen (1995) estimated a total overall fish catch for Lake Tanganyika from 1992 to be 167,000 metric tones, of which 80,000 tonnes were contributed by Tanzania. Annual harvest levels have been estimated to vary in the range of 165,000-200,000 tonnes with Tanzania landing about 31% of the total catch (Mölsä et al., 1999).
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