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Foreign ships leave Kenya angling for more fish

Harvested tilapia from ponds located Matasya in Ngong and Kajiado County. PHOTO BY NANJINIA WAMUSWA

Kenya is constructing fishing ports in three towns off its coast to attract investment in the under-exploited industry and encourage the registration of locally flagged vessels.

Of the 57 deep-sea fishing licences issued in East Africa’s biggest economy this year, only one went to a vessel flying the Kenyan flag, according to the assistant director of fisheries, Mwaka Barabara.

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