Obtain permits, owners of 1,000 fish cages in Lake Victoria told

Winnie Owuor, a large scale fish farmer inspects some of her 600 fish cages in Lake Victoria's Anyanga beach in Usenge, Siaya county. With the decline of sales of the produce, the farmers around the lake have started pointing fingers at the Chinese imported fish into the country which is killing their farming as fish market has become profitless due to the cheap imports. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

More than 1,000 fish cages in Lake Victoria have not been authorised, the State has revealed.

Kenya Fisheries officer Robert Wanyama said the owners of the more than 2,000 cages in the lake should seek permits from the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and the National Environment Management Authority (Nema).