Lake Bunyonyi is the second deepest lake
in Africa. The temperature on the surface rises to 25 degrees Celsius. In the
beginning of the 20th century, fish were introduced to the lake and in the
1930s fishing became profitable. Unfortunately in the 1960s the fish died
massively as a result of a violent shallow mixing, likely caused by wind.
Subsistence fishing prevailed in the lake, people mostly caught clarias species
- the lake's depth and stratification makes it difficult for the breeding of
the common Ugandan species Nile Perch and Tilapia. Nevertheless, 300,000 Nile
Tilapias and Clarias fish were released in the lake at the end of 2002. Also
present in the lake are Mud fish, Cray fish and Mirrowcarp - and plenty of
their predators, otters.
The lake's main centre is Bufuka Village. The
area's inhabitants are from the Bakiga and the Batwa tribes
