Tag: Lake Tanganyika sardine

Dec 18 2018

Drying of Lake Tanganyika sardines in Zambia

Photo credit: Nathan Chama (Zambia) Description: Nathan Chama and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a woman while drying some Tanganyika sardine Stolothrissa miodon which is known in Zambia as “kapenta”. The sardine drying takes place on the beaches of Lake Tanganyika in Nsumbu area (Zambia). Dried kapenta fetches …

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Dec 03 2013

Le séchage du poisson au Burundi (in French)

Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Le séchage se fait sur les claies surélevées ou sur les treillis et concerne essentiellement le poisson de petite taille comme Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae)  et Lake Tanganyika sardine (limnothrissa miodon). Les poissons sont exposés au soleil pendant une durée de 1à 3 jours suivant les conditions climatiques, jusqu’ à ce …

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Dec 03 2013

Fish drying in Burundi

Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Drying of fish is done as shown in the photos on raised racks or meshes and relates mainly small fish such as Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae) and Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon). Fish are exposed to the sun for a period of 1 to 3 days depending on weather conditions, until …

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