Conservation of satellite lakes as refugia for the endangered species of Lake Victoria: a case study of Lake Malimbe

From the available scientific data the Lake Victoria environment is known to have faced tremendous perturbation leading to succession of events, that make it difficult to predict, with certainty, the pattern of ecological dynamism therein. The fish resources in the lake together with other amenities have been disturbed by human intervention. The fisheries, on the larger part, are unsustainable at the present composition and yield. The reduction in biodiversity as a result of degradation emanating from within and outside the lake basin has been reported (Vidaeus and Schneider, 1992; Bugenyi and Barilwa, 1989; World Bank 199