Group tests waters with cages in dams

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua accompanied by county cfficials inspect cages set up at Chinga Dam where the county has introduced cage fish farming to increase fish production on 30/04/ 2018 PHOTOS by LYDIAH NYAWIRA

Cage fish farming is common with farmers bordering Lake Victoria. Universities in the lakeside region have been spearheading the project teaching farmers.

Cage aquaculture is a fish rearing system where fingerlings are put into metal or plastic cages — to protect them from predators — providing them artificial feed and harvesting them when mature.