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| Title | Prospects and Potential for Aquaculture of African Lungfish in Uganda |
| Publication Type | Magazine Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Walakira, JK, Atukunda, G, Molnar, JJ, Veverica, K |
| Magazine | World Aquaculture |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Pagination | 38 - 42 |
| Date Published | 2012 |
| Keywords | Africa, African catfish, Air breathing fish, Clarias gariepinus, Dissolved oxygen, Droughts, Fish culture, Fishery management, Pangasius catfish, Water quality |
| Abstract | Shifting rainfall and temperature regimes are bringing new challenges to the management of water bodies and fish farms in sub-Saharan Africa (Dixon et al. 2003). Culturing species that are resilient to drought and stressful water quality conditions may be a major part of future African aquaculture. Air-breathing fishes, such as the African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus, can use atmospheric oxygen to meet all or part of metabolic demands (Miewa et al. 2007). Air-breathing fish have a role in managed fisheries and low-management culture systems where dissolved oxygen concentration is not a limiting factor. Among air-breathing fishes, the African catfish Clarias gariepinus can tolerate low levels of dissolved oxygen but its flesh is held in lower esteem by consumers as compared to lungfish. The quality of Pangasius catfish flesh is high but it is not a native species in Africa. |
| URL | https://www.was.org/Magazine/Contents.aspx?Id=43 |
| Notice of Publication Number | NOP 12-306 (English) |
