Aquaculture—the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms—is the world's fastest-growing food production system.

Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, is facing a growing threat that's turning its waters green. This green color is derived from toxic bacteria that poses serious risks to the people and wildlife ...

Lake Victoria, in East Africa, is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake. At 68,800km², it’s also the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in North America. On a clear ...

The 1990s saw the emergence of a thriving Nile perch export market from East Africa. This commercial table fish species is landed by migrant fishermen at villages that have sprung up along the shores ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Lake Victoria’s commercial fish stocks have plummeted due to overfishing, invasive species, pollution, and changing climatic conditions, among ...

Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by surface area, supports more than 47 million people across Uganda ...

Some weeks ago, I was browsing the fish counter at Whole Foods when my eye was caught by the legend: “Lake Victoria Perch.” It caught my eye because I, like many, am a sucker for that kind of ...

Speciation has been unusually fast among the cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria. An unexpectedly distant ancestor, which perhaps already had a predisposition for rapid speciation, may have seeded this ...

Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, has been plagued by water hyacinth plants for over two decades. While its flowers can be beautiful its foliage can grow to cover large swaths of the waters in a ...

MUKONO, Uganda – Ugandan diving teams are retrieving bodies from Lake Victoria where police say at least 30 people died in a boat accident near the capital, Kampala. The boat overturned and sank at ...