How fish cage culture is slowly killing landing sites and beaches in Nyanza

Cage fish farming on Lake Victoria. [File, Standard]

For more than eight years, cage fish farming has turned into a thriving business churning out millions in income for farmers and increasing production in the wake of dwindling stocks in natural waters.

Besides conserving wild fish stocks, fish cage farming is also a new socioeconomic frontier with good prospects for income in Lake Victoria. Currently, fish cage farming is practiced in five riparian counties of Siaya, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Busia and Migori.