Efforts set in place to save Tilapia species

Fish production partners hold fingerlings of the endangered Tilapia which were being introduced in Lake Victoria at Rowo beach in Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard]

Efforts to restock an endangered species of Tilapia in Lake Victoria have kicked off.

Oreochromis esculentus is a species of tilapia that is nearly extinct in the lake due to overfishing and other factors.