Fish are a highly perishable commodity, and unhygienic fresh fish supply chains have been documented over the past two decades in sub-Saharan Africa. Fishers spend long hours on boats with no ...

Malawi - a country in southern Africa is endowed with vast natural resources. Among these, is Lake Malawi, the 8th and 3rd largest lake in the world and Africa respectively. It is by far the only lake in the world with ...

Size-at-50% maturity, age and growth, of Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) karongae (‘chambo’) in Lakes Malawi and Malombe were studied. Oreochromis karongae, a major component of the chambo species flock, attained 50% maturity ...

A study was carried out to determine nutritional composition of two pond raised tilapia fish species - Oreochromis karongae (Lake Malawi Tilapia) and Tilapia rendalli processed by smoking and sun drying. These are two of ...

Oreochromis shiranus (Boulenger, 1897) is a strain of tilapia found in the Shire River (Malawi) and it is the commonest of the tilapia species raised by farmers in Malawi due to amongst many reasons, its ...

There is an old notion that taste of fish caught from Chia Lagoon is different from fish in the adjacent Lake Malawi - two water bodies separated by a sand bar and connected by a short river. This study attempted to determine ...

The aim of this study was to assess quality of Lake Malawi Tilapia (local name: Chambo) from local and super markets in Malawi. Fish from local markets had significantly higher numbers of viable bacteria counts (9.5× 10 8 ...

Sensory and nutrient quality was determined for Oreochromis shiranus – a tilapia endemic to the Shire River, southern Malawi. Fish had highest sensory (when deep fried in edible vegetable cooking oil) and nutrient content ...

Lake Malawi continues experiencing serious depletion of most valuable fish species. Presently, commercial and artisanal fishery are forced to target less valuable fish species. Evidently, economic ...