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Different fish species including three types of Tilapia in Lake Victoria are on the verge of extinction.
Scientists at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI) have raised an alarm amid reports that overfishing by organised crime syndicates in Lake Victoria could drive 76 per cent of fish species to extinction.
The highly endangered and classified as species of concern are Tilapia species of Oreochromis niloticus (Nile Tilapia), Labeo victorianus, (Ningu) and Oreochromis variabilis (Mbiru), according to KEMFRI Director, Dr Christopher Aura who attributed the dangers facing the fish species to overfishing, habitat alteration, and competition from introduced alien species such as Nile Perch.
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