| Lake or Reservoir | Area (km2) | Annual Yield (kg/ha) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Range | |||
| Lake Munjunju (T) | 80 | 53 | 46–59 | 1 |
| Lake Jipe (T) | 39 | 77 | 1 | |
| Lake Ikimba (T) | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lake Chivero 1 (Zw) | 26 | 120 | 2 | |
| Lake Babati (T) | 21 | 209 | 23–454 | 1 |
| Hartbeespoort Dam (SA) | 20 | 248 | 3 | |
| Hombolo Res. (T) | 15.4 | 148 | 46–428 | 1 |
| Lake Singida (T) | 12.3 | 181 | 41–338 | 1 |
| Ngwazi Res. (T) | 5.1 | 450 | 1 | |
| Mianji Res. (T) | 4.9 | 76 | 1–198 | 1 |
| Lake Tlawi (T) | 3.2 | 21 | 2–50 | 1 |
| Lake Basuto (T) | 2.6 | 1 066 | 61–1 838 | 1 |
| Lake Kindai (T) | 2.6 | 418 | 127–630 | 1 |
| Lake Rutamba (T) | 2.4 | 231 | 133–329 | 1 |
| Nhumbu Res. (T) | 2.4 | 37 | 1 | |
| Lake Gombo (T) | 1.4 | 550 | 1 | |
| Savory Dam (Zw) | 1.1 | 256 | 4 | |
| Kerenge Res. (T) | 0.8 | 124 | 59–194 | 1 |
| Mgori Res. (T) | 0.8 | 530 | 99–1 876 | 1 |
| Private farm ‘B’ (Z) | 0.8 | 185 | 5 | |
| Malya Res. (T) | 0.7 | 167 | 36–279 | 1 |
| Chamwende Res. (T) | 0.2 | 150 | 1 | |
| Chilanga dams (Z) | 0.25 | 77 | 5 | |
| Private Farm ‘A’2 (Z) | 0.14 | 2 857 | 5 | |
| Myombo Res. (T) | 0.02 | 450 | 1 | |
| Magindu Res. (T) | 0.01 | 200 | 1 | |
| Mean of small lakes | 11.08 | 329.0 | ||
| Mean of 17 intensively fished large African lakes and reservoirs | 2 393 (13–8 482) | 90.4 | 9–226 | 6 |
Notes: T= Tanzania;
SA=South Africa;
Z=Zambia
Zw=Zimbabwe
1 Lake Chivero is referred to as Lake Mcllwaine in most of the literature.
2 This lake was known to have been fertilized.
Sources: 1. Vanden Bossche and Bernacsek, 1990;
2. Marshall, 1978a;
3. Cochrane, 1989;
4. Evans, 1982;
5.
Gopalakrishnan, 1989; and
6. Henderson and Welcomme, 1974.
