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Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [2]The Nile perch (Lates niloticus), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.
The Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to the northern half of Africa and the Levante area (Lowe-McConnell, 1988). [4] Numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range. The Nile Tilapia reaches up to 60 cm in length, and can exceed 5 kg.
Sailing along the Nile is a favorite tourism activity, which is mainly done during the winter when the natural flow of the Nile would have been too low to allow navigation of cruise ships. [clarification needed] A new fishing industry has been created around Lake Nasser, though it is struggling due to its distance from any significant markets ...
The River Nile in the Post-Colonial Age: Conflict and Cooperation Among the Nile Basin Countries (I.B. Tauris, 2010) 293 pages; studies of the river's finite resources as shared by multiple nations in the post-colonial era; includes research by scholars from Burundi, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The principal source of fish is the Nile River system. [1] Further, several lakes and reservoirs were formed by the damming of the river and its branches: the 180-kilometer section of Lake Nubia in Sudan and the reservoirs behind the Roseires and Sinnar dams on the Blue Nile, the Jabal al-Awliya Dam on the White Nile, and the Khashm al Qirbah ...
Nile River and Delta. The Suez Canal is east of the delta and enters the coastal Lake Manzala in the north-east of the delta. To the north-west are three other coastal lakes or lagoons: Lake Burullus, Lake Idku and Lake Mariout. The Nile is considered to be an "arcuate" delta (arc-shaped), as it resembles a triangle or flower when seen from above.
The Nile bichir is one of the more highly distributed species across Africa, ranging from the Nile River to the Congo Basin to West African countries like Senegal. [4] P. Bichir live in the deeper depressions of muddy riverbeds, sometimes considered a bottom-living fish, bichir are still active swimmers and travel mostly at night in search of ...
Electric catfish are found in tropical Africa and the Nile River. [3] Electric catfish are usually nocturnal and carnivorous. [2] Some species feed primarily on other fish, incapacitating their prey with electric discharges, [2] but others are generalist bottom foragers, feeding on things like invertebrates, fish eggs, and detritus. [4]