By LINET WAFULAMore by this AuthorBusia County government in partnership with the Finland will set up 70 fish farming cages across five beaches on Lake Victoria to help improve on the dwindling stocks. Mr Odende said Bukoma beach in Budalang’i Sub County will be the first to receive 18 cages which have been stocked with 2,000 fingerlings each, adding that one fish cage is expected to produce at least 1,800 fish. He said cage farming will boost farmers’ incomes, improve their livelihoods and reduce overfishing on the lake. LOW FISH PRICES“The county will outsource a firm to offer technical management services with BMU to provide security,” he said. He said introduction of fish cage rearing will end arbitrary arrests of Kenyan fishermen who go to fish on Ugandan side of the lake.

Source: Daily Nation November 01, 2016 14:25 UTC