MP calls for action to save Lake Jipe from extinction
The watershed is an important transboundary wetland ecosystem at the border of Kenya and Tanzania covering an estimated area of 30 kilometres.
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What is driving tilapia fish in Lake Jipe into near extinction
What is driving tilapia fish in Lake Jipe into near extinction 07 IN 2015 Nile Tilapine fingerlings were introduced on the Kenyan side of Lake Jipe. By Janet Murikira The introduction of non-endemic fish species has left fishermen and researchers worried that this will increase competition in the Lake, further severing populations of the critically endangered Jipe Tilapia. There is a 50 per cent likelihood that Jipe Tilapia, will become extinct within 20 years. Steven Omondi does not miss his old fishing days. The 30 year old lives in Nghonji village along the shores of Lake Jipe, a shallow i...
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