Past history and present state of the Lake Kyoga fishery

While some of the information in this section of the review reflects events in the other lakes in the Kyoga Catchment, notably Lakes Kwania and Bisina, the major focus is on Lake Kyoga where most data was collected . From the time of Worthington's survey to the early 1950s the lake supported a rich fish fauna. The major commercial fish species were, in order of importance, Oreochromis variabilis, Oreochromis esculentus Protopterus aethiopicus, Bagrus docmac, Clarias gariepinus, Barbus spp and Schilbe intermedius. The lake also supported representatives of the families Mormyridae, Cyprinidae, Claridae, Characidae, Cyprinodontidae, Machochidae, Anabantidae, and Mastercembalidae. Haplochromines were abundant in the lake for Worthington (1929), who accompanied Graham (1927) on the Lake Victoria survey, observed that haplochromines were as numerous in Lake Kyoga as they were in Lake Victori