Changing tack to increase fish profits and conserve the environment

A day’s catch on Ali Shee’s boat in Pate Island in Lamu.

The challenge of over-fishing can be solved by using alternative fishing gear that is environmentally sustainable and also by practicing deep sea fishing rather than shallow water fishing.

Ali Shee, a fisherman, knows all these, but what options does he have, he asks. “Our boats are not capable of going into the deep sea and we do not have that kind of gear.