[Photo: Denish Ochieng/Standard]The once flourishing fishing industry around Lake Victoria is on its death bed. Updated Mon, July 4th 2016 at 09:01 GMT +3Dunga Beach Management Unit Chairman Joel Otieno at the shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu. The total fish catches had dropped from 1.1 billion metric tonnes in 2014 to 795.8 million metric tons in 2015. Tripled exportsAccording to the Kenya Fish Processors and Exporters Association, the Lake Victoria Fisheries contributes close to 2.5 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product translating into Sh14 billion. The latest Lake Victoria Catch Assessment Survey-2015 conducted by the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (Kemfri) confirmed that Africa’s largest fresh water lake is running out of fish, its biggest economic resource.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2016 06:11 UTC