page_title: Lake Tanganyika sardine
section_title: Fisheries
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Tanganyika sardine / Fisheries
caption_attribution_description: English: Kapenta fish drying in the sunPolski: Kapenta suszona na słońcu
context_page_description: The Lake Tanganyika sardine is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae which was endemic to Lake Tanganyika but which has now been introduced to other lakes in Africa as a food source. It is monotypic within the genus Limnothrissa. It and the Lake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively as kapenta.
context_section_description: In Lake Kariba 360,000 Lake Tanganyika sardines were introduced  by the Zambian government  in 1967 and 1968 to be fished, here they enter the fishery at about 40 mm in length when they are 3–4 months old. The bulk of those caught in the fishery are 40–50 mm long and about 5 months old. There appears to be a correlation between biomass and fishing effort, as the biomass was 10% lower in 1985 than it was in 1974, when fishing began. The annual catch on Lake Kariba is now between 20 and 30,000 tonnes.
caption: Kapenta fish drying in the sun
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