State five causes of fish depletion in East Africa.

      

State five causes of fish depletion in East Africa.

  

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i. Introduction of Nile perch in Lake Victoria which
preys on other popular species like Tilapia hence reducing their number.
ii. Improving fishing techniques has resulted to overfishing thus reducing fish population.
iii. High rate of industrial development has resulted to high rates of pollution which has killed
very many fish species.
iv. Lack of proper mapping of international boundaries has led to other nations invading our
fisheries resulting to competition leading to fish depletion.
v. Indiscriminate fishing/catching of immature fish denies them a chance of reproducing.
vi. Population growth has boosted demand for fish hence overfishing leading to depletition.
monica20 answered the question on November 18, 2017 at 09:24


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