The introduction of the Nile perch into Lake Victoria, East Africa, has had disastrous consequences. Fisheries have been not merely damaged but destroyed. Lake Malawi has the world's most species-rich fish fauna and the prospect of introduction of alien species could mean disaster.
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Barel, C., Dorit, R., Greenwood, P. et al. Destruction of fisheries in Africa's lakes. Nature 315, 19–20 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315019a0
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