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Lake Victoria, East Africa, is home to the largest freshwater fishery in the world. The lake is the source of food and water to millions of people, and provides a large portion of the region’s economic base. Humans have greatly structured and affected the fishery, food web, and water quality through the introduction of exotic fishes, but have yet to develop a comprehensive and proactive management plan for the system. To the outside world, it seems that there is considerable confusion about what to do with a highly dynamic and productive fishery that has both bolstered the economy and devastated the food web of Lake Victoria.
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. African proverb
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Kaufman, L., Schwartz, J. (2002). Nile Perch Population Dynamics in Lake Victoria: Implications for Management and Conservation. In: Ruth, M., Lindholm, J. (eds) Dynamic Modeling for Marine Conservation. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0057-1_13
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