Officers from the Kenya Coast Guard Service have destroyed illegal fishing nets worth Sh600,000 retrieved from Lake Victoria. The nets were seized during a crackdown on different beaches in Homa Bay county. Impounded nets were incinerated at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital on Friday afternoon. “Eradicating use of illegal nets in the lake protects young fish which are supposed to mature and multiply. He said that the operation will continue in Kisumu, Homa Bay, Migori and Busia counties to weed out illegal practices in the lake.

Source: The Star January 15, 2021 13:18 UTC