Lake Edward System Fish Stock Assessment Data

Length frequencies, catch per unit effort, and catch data for lakes Edward, George, and the Kazinga channel in Uganda. The dataset is associated with a paper titled 'Assessment of exploited fish species in the Lake Edward System, East Africa' under review in the Journal of Applied Ichthyology. The data was authored by Laban Musinguzi.

Use Cases

• Analyze fish population size structure based on length frequency data.
• Estimate fishing pressure and efficiency based on catch per unit effort data.
• Assess total fishery yield based on catch data.
• Model fish stock sustainability for the Lake Edward system.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a peer-reviewed scientific paper submission.
• Covers multiple interconnected water bodies (Lake Edward, Lake George, Kazinga Channel).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Laban Musinguzi

Geography

Lake Edward system, Uganda (including Lake Edward, Lake George, Kazinga Channel)