Fishermen dream big with fish cage farming

Shadrack Kimani (right), the Lake Victoria Cage Fish Farming manager together with Beach Management Unit officials displays some of the fish being reared at the cages on the shores of Lake Victoria on January 20,2022 - Photo/Nathan Ochunge/Standard

It’s early morning at Mulukoba Beach on the shores of Lake Victoria in Budalang’i. Armed with lifesaver jackets, The Smart Harvest team is ushered into one of the waiting boats in the company of Beach Management Unit officials and sail three miles into the deep waters. The head sailor stops the boat and ties it on a guardhouse surrounded by 200 fish cages. This is where Nile Tilapia fish species is reared in cages.