ECOLOGICAL AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENTOF EDKU LAKE

ECOLOGICAL AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENTOF EDKU LAKE
7. ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FISH POPULATIONS AT
EDKU LAKE DURING THE YEAR 2000
BY
A.A. ALSA YES
•National Institute ofOcelUUJgraphy and Fisheries andfISheries
ABSTRACT
Experimental fishing operations were carried out at Edku lake during the period
from November 1999 to lvfarch 2001. Si.r: fishing areas were selected in a way that they
can represent the whole area of the lake. Monofilament nylon trammel nets with
different mesh sizes ranging from 3.33 cm to 6.85 cm stretched measure were used
dUring the present investigation.
The present study was carried Gut with the aim ofinvestigating the abundance and
distribution ofthe various fish species in the different areas ofthe lake.
It was found that Oreochromis nilotiC’..