@article{jfs2015333,
author={{Wangechi, Kigano Shelmith and Muigai, Anne W. T. and Ouma, Shellemiah Otieno},
title={The Impact of Evolution and Socio-economics of Commercially Exploited Fish Stock: A Review on <i>Rastrineobola argentea</i> in Lake Victoria},
journal={Journal of Food Security},
volume={3},
number={3},
pages={82--86},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfs/3/3/3},
issn={2372-0107},
abstract={Fish in Kenya is an important source of food, especially of high quality protein. They provide a good source of income for communities that live around lakes and contributing not only to the social and economic development of these communities but to Kenya¡¯s economy. Lake Victoria located in East Africa, is the largest tropical freshwater lake in the world and is currently a habitat to many fish species such as the Nile perch<i> (Lates niloticus),</i> Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus) </i>and silver cyprinid known locally as<i> Omena</i> (<i>Rastrineobola argentea)</i>. During the last two decades the fish population in Lake Victoria has changed significantly primarily due to anthropogenic activities such as introduction of alien species and overfishing. <i>R. argentea</i> is the most commercially exploited species of Lake Victoria. It is the main provider of protein for the communities living around the lake and it is also used as a feed, where it is incorporated into feedstock used by both the livestock and poultry farmers. Over the last few years it has become the major prey for <i>L. niloticus, </i>an exotic species in the Lake Victoria. This review aims to compile dispersed literature about <i>R. argentea</i> in Lake Victoria majoring on its life history changes, threats to existence, its socio-economic value and the dynamic issues facing the management of Lake Victoria fishery.},
doi={10.12691/jfs-3-3-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}