This mass extinction has threatened the food source of millions of local people who depended on the smaller tilapia, cichlids, and other native fish to feed their families.
See massiline kalade hävimine on seadnud ohtu miljonite kohalike elanike toiduallika, kuna nende pere toidus sõltub väiksematest tilaapiatest ning teistest kirevahvenlastest ja muudest kohalikest kalaliikidest.