| DATE | PUBLICATION* | ARTICLE TITLE |
| 26.2.84 | The Standard (K) | Nile perch a threat to other fish. |
| 16.3.84 | Daily Nation (K) | Fish face extinction. |
| 11.8.84 | The Standard (K) | Victoria's tilapia ‘not threatened’. |
| 11.8.84 | Daily Nation (K) | Lake fish in danger. |
| 6.1.85 | Sunday Nation (K) | Big plans to improve Lake Victoria fishing. |
| 17.6.85 | The Kenya Times | A place where big fish eat little fish…Nile perch devours smaller species out of existence in Lake Victoria. |
| 18.8.85 | Sunday Nation (K) | The fish that is eating out a lake. |
| 13.9.85 | Ingenioren (D) | Aborre odelaegger Victoriasoen. (Perch destroy Lake Victoria.) |
| 23.11.85 | De Volkskrant (N) | Visserijproject FAO in Victoria-meer ecologische ramp. (FAO fisheries project on Lake Victoria ecological disaster.) |
| 20.12.85 | Trouw (N) | Uitzetten nijlsnoek mislukking. (Nile Pike planting a failure.) |
| 20.12.85 | The Daily Telegraph | Lake life destroyed by cannibal fish in food blunder. |
| 20.12.85 | The Guardian | One that won't go away. |
| 20.12.85 | International Herald Tribune | African experiment with giant fish goes awry, poses ecological disaster. |
| 21.12.85 | De Volkskrant (N) | Vis uit Victoriameer, nieuw exclusiviteitje. (Fish from Lake Victoria, new little fad.) |
| 24.12.85 | De Volkskrant (N) | Onderzoeker, verbijsterd' over uitzetten nijlbaars in Victoriameer. (Researcher baffled by planting of Nile Perch in Lake Victoria.) |
| 27.12.85 | NRC Handelsblad (N) | Experiment met ‘waterolifant’ zorgt voor Afrikaans drama. (Experiment with ‘waterelephant’ causes African drama.) |
| 27.12.85 | Leidse Courant (N) | Leidse biologen voorspellen visramp in Centraal-Afrika. (Leiden biologists predict fish disaster in Central Africa.) |
| 1985 | HEST Pamphlet | Cichlid species flock of Lake Victoria on the verge of extinction. |
| 3.1.86 | Reformatorisch Dagblad (N) | Zet nijlbaars op menukaart'. (Put Nile perch on the menucard.) |
| 3.1.86 | Algemeen Dagblad (N) | Nijlbaars hier opeten om Afrika te helpen. (Eat the Nile Perch here to help Africa.) |
| 4.1.86 | De Telegraaf (N) | Nijlbaars zaait dood en verderf in Victoriameer. (Nile Perch causes death and decay in Lake Victoria.) |
| 4.1.86. | Trouw (N) | Eten voor afrika. (Food for Africa.) |
| 4.1.86 | The Times | Nile perch cause ecological disaster. |
| 9.1.86 | Naga, The ICLARM Quarterly. | On buying second-hand fish. What's under the hood? |
| 9.1.86 | The Standard (K) | The scourge of Lake Victoria. |
| 12.1.86 | Sunday Standard (K) | ‘Elephant of the water’ a terror to small fish. |
| 30.1.86 | Leidse Courant (N) | Nederland voorop bij redding visstand in Victoriameer. (Holland in the frontline in saving the fish stocks in Lake Victoria.) |
| 30.1.86. | NRC Handelsblad (N) | Nijlbaars. Afrika's grootste binnenzee leeggegeten door uitgezette roofvis. (Nile perch. Africa's largest inland sea eaten empty by planted predatory fish.) |
| 30.1.86 | Volkskrant (N) | Nederland betaalt netten voor nijlbaars in Victoriameer. (Holland pays for nets for Nile perch in Lake Victoria.) |
| 20.2.86 | Calypsolog | La perche du Nil: une transplantation hasardeuse. (Nile perch: a hazardous transplantation.) |
| 2.86 | Toegepaste Wetenschap (N) | Vraatzuchtige nijlbaars in Victoriameer bedreigt voedselketen. (Voracious Nile perch in Lake Victoria threatens food chain.) |
| 1–3.86 | IUCN Bulletin (17) | Big fish eat out Lake Victoria. |
| 6.3.86 | New Scientist | Nile perch eats all and sundry in its new home. |
| 12.3.86 | Haarlems Dagblad (N) | Verdrijven nijlbaars eist snel actie. (Ousting Nile perch calls for quick action.) |
| 27.3.86 | Daily News (T) | Plan to study Nile perches. |
| 3.86 | New African | Fish eat fish in Lake Victoria. |
| 3–4.86 | Swara (K) | Big fish threaten Africa's great lakes. |
| 11.4.86 | Daily News (T) | Commercial trawlers cause of tilapia depletion? |
| 23.4.86 | Noordhollands Dagblad (N) | ‘Biologische obsceniteit’ veroorzaakt enorme ramp. (‘Biological obscenity’ causes huge disaster.) |
| 4.86 | Internationale Samenwerking (N) | Consumptie van roofvis kan probleem in Victoriameer oplossen. (Consumption of predatory fish can solve problem in Lake Victoria.) |
| 23.5.86 | The Standard (K) | A blunder was made. |
| 25.5.86 | Sunday Nation (K) | ‘Mbuta’ not to blame for fish depletion. |
| 11.6.86 | Neue Zurcher Zeitung (S) | Victoriasee wird leergefressen. (Lake Victoria is being eaten empty.) |
| 19.6.86 | Daily Nation (K) | What is killing the tilapia in Lake Victoria? |
| 20.6.86 | Daily Nation (K) | Nile perch is ‘a success story in Lake Victoria’. |
| 25.6.86 | Daily Nation (K) | Problems posed by the Nile perch to be studied. |
| 27.6.86 | Daily Nation (K) | Nothing fishy about the Nile perch plan. |
| 29.6.86 | NRC Handelsblad (N) | Hulp bij bestrijding nijlbaars in Victoriameer. (Assistance in battling Nile perch in Lake Victoria.) |
| 6.86 | Natur | Tragodie im see. (Tragedy on the lake.) |
| 6.86 | Unicef Nieuws (N) | Reuzenroofvis. (Giant predatory fish.) |
| 6.86 | Infofish Marketing Digest | Kenya - developing the Nile perch fishery of Lake Victoria. |
| 22.7.86 | The Standard (K) | Origin of Nile perch. (Letter). |
| 7–8.86 | Natuur en Milieu (N) | Nijlbaars in de porseleinkast. (Nile Perch in the china cupboard.) |
| 30.8.86 | De Telegraaf (N) | De veelvraat van het Victoriameer. (The glutton of Lake Victoria.) |
| 10.11.86 | Daily Nation (K) | Research turns on lake ‘giant’. |
| 11–12.86 | Seafood Magazine. | Nile perch on the menu of Dutch restaurants. |
| 1986 | Aquarist and Pondkeeper | Lake Victoria Cichlids face extinction. |
| 1986 | Magazine voor Biologie (No.11) (N) | Nijlbaars zaait dood en verderf. (Nile perch sows death and destruction.) |
| 1–2.87 | Uganda Farmer | Nile perch is innocent. |
| 2.87 | Fishing News International | European funds for African lake research. |
| 13.4.87 | Daily Nation (K) | Thousands of fish die in Lake Victoria. |
| 24.4.87 | Daily Nation (K) | Fish deaths worry officials. |
| 4.87 | Fishing News International | No evidence of ‘disaster’. (Letter). |
| 1.5.87 | Daily Nation (K) | Health caution for fish buyers. |
| 3.5.87 | Sunday Standard (K) | Deep-sea action on Lake Victoria. |
| 18.5.87 | Daily Nation (K) | The truth about Nile perch. (Letter). |
| 10.6.87 | Daily Nation (K) | The fisherman's fate. |
| 26.6.87 | Daily Nation (K) | Incomparable ‘Ngege’ threatened by Nile perch. |
| 16.7.87 | NCR Handelsblad (N) | De wonderbaarlijke visvangsten op het Victoriameer. (The miraculous fish catches in Lake Victoria.) |
| 7.87 | Fishing News International | Conversion by perch. (Letter). |
| 11.8.87 | The Standard (K) | Lake fish traders cry foul. |
| 16.8.87 | Sunday Standard (K) | Fish management is lacking. (Editorial). |
| 27.8.87 | New Scientist | A lake perched on piscine peril. |
| 13.9.87 | Sunday Nation (K) | What is behind fish deaths in Lake Victoria? |
| 2.10.87 | Ingenioren (D) | Fiskeribiologer gar ind for udryddelse. (Fishery biologists favour extermination.) |
| 3.1.88 | Sunday Times (K) | Maligned Nile perch has virtues - experts. |
| 3.2.88 | The Kenya Times | Nile perch not a threat to the tilapia species. |
* (D) = Denmark; (K) = Kenya; (N) = The Netherlands; (S) = Switzerland; (T) = Tanzania.
