Gold rush: How illegal gallbladder trade threatens Lake Victoria fishers

Felix Otieno, a fish loader at Uhanya Beach in Siaya County prepares Nile Perch fish for weighing at the beach weighing area before being loaded into the waiting lorries for transportation to the processing plants. [Kevine Omollo, Standard]

Two years ago, Joyce Akinyi made a hard decision; the decision to halt Nile Perch fishing, and concentrate on dagaa (omena/mukene).

This decision came despite her having roared the lake for close to 15 years, making a kill from her massive Nile Perch catches during the period.