dc.contributor.author | PS Orina, E Ogello, E Kembenya, C Githukia, S Musa, V Ombwa, VM Mwainge, J Abwao, RN Ondiba, JK Okechi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T08:19:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-21T08:19:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2258 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fishery development is one of the key global development goals embodied in agenda
2030 under the fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), in which countries
seek to support the restoration of fish stocks to improve safe and diversified healthy
diets. Lake Victoria’s capture fishery has gradually been on the decline over the last
three decades due to overfishing, ecosystem degradation, environmental pollution
and climate change (Ogello et al., 2013a; FAO 2016). Consequently, fish production
for human consumption has declined, leading to nutritional insecurity and poverty
in the larger East African region. Today, there have been both national and regional
efforts to address the declining fish stocks through innovative technologies and
expanded culture species (Orina et al., 2018). At the national level, fish cage culture
and aquaculture parks have been identified as strategic cutting edge technologies
with the potential to increase fish production and as potential mitigation measures
to reduce fishing pressure on the lake and bridge the gap between fish demand and
supply. Aquaculture, through its value chain linkages has become an important
pillar for rural livelihoods in situations where increasing population pressure and
environmental degradation limit catches from wild fisheries (Ogello et al., 2013b;
Munguti et al., 2014; Ogello and Munguti 2016). | en_US |
dc.publisher | KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE | en_US |
dc.title | STATE OF CAGE CULTURE IN LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |