A fish expert has appealed to dealers and fishing communities around Lake Victoria to stop handling and marketing silverfish, popularly known as mukene as an animal feed. He said mukene, one of the ...

From down market stalls to upmarket supermarkets and beyond Uganda’s borders, the journey of mukene reads like a success story. The silver fish, one of the three fish stocks found in Lakes Victoria ...

Several fishermen dealing in mukene (Silverfish) have in the last couple of months deserted landing sites and islands on Lake Victoria to protest the government’s new policy on the business. In a ...

At Kiyindi Landing Site in Buikwe District, silverfish (mukene) trader Peruse Logose begins her day confident that she will not return home empty-handed. Where she once earned Shs5,000 a day, she now ...

Kampala — Although it is too small, mukene fish from Lake Albert has enabled women in the area make ends meet. The business is done by almost every woman on the lake area. They sell the fish to people ...

Authorities in Uganda's Masaka District have banned drying of fresh silverfish on bare ground, saying the practice compromises quality. Silverfish, commonly known as mukene, when dried on bare ground, ...

UGANDA fishermen will soon start harvesting offshore silverfish, commonly known as mukene, using a new technology (catamaran) to increase their catch. Dr. John Balirwa, the director of the National ...