On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:28:41 +0000, Fishman wrote:

Any collector around the lake won't compete with the quantity the 1000's of
locals catch for food!

hm, you've got a point there... I figure that there are too few
cichlidiots around the world to make it a threat then... however, I can
imagine that there are some malevolent people who try make quick money by
catching huge amounts of fish.

ah, well...

speaking of food... I believe that lake victoria's ecosystem was destroyed
by a nice man who wanted to help the locals because the fish present in
the lake were too bony...