Fishes of Lake Tana
Subtitle: a guide book
By: Abebe Getahun (PhD), Eshete Dejen (PhD)
Contributors: Eshete Dejen, 1968-
Publisher: Addis Ababa University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9789994452446
Subjects: Fishes; Fisheries; Conservation; Fishing; Fishery management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-136) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Introduction. Ethiopian ecosystem. Drainage basins of Ethiopia. Freshwater fishes of Ethiopia; title: ch. 2. Lake Tana; title: ch. 3. Fishes and fisheries of Lake Tana. The dominant fish spesies of Lake Tana. Fish production and marketing from Lake Tana. The nature and number of Lake Tana fishers, their bases and organizations. Fishery policy and management; title: ch. 4. Other uses and threats to lake Tana. Other uses of Lake Tana. Threats to Lake Tana. Overexploitation of the fish resources. Encroachment on the wetlands and shores of Lake Tana. Institutional capacity and linkage. Influx of affluents; title: ch. 5. Conservation and management of the fishery resources of Lake Tana. The state of the threats. Conservation & management strategies. Restocking.