Lake Victoria's Nile perch boom: a decade ago, Nile perch was only caught on Lake Victoria for domestic consumption, but today it is in heavy demand in European and Asian countries. (Countryfile: Tanzania).

From: African Business | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Every week, about five cargo planes from Ukraine, Holland and Belgium land at the Mwanza airport, on the southern shores of Lake Victoria, to carry an estimated 400t of fresh Nile perch fillets to European and Asian countries. These heavy cargo aircrafts reflect the rapid growth of fish processing plants in Tanzania's Lake Victoria region where the export of Nile perch fillets has been taking place for a decade now.

According to available statistics from the Lake Victoria Fish Processors Association of Tanzania, over the past decade, production of fresh Nile perch has ...

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