Aquaculture – the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms – is the world’s fastest-growing food production system. The sharpest growth in aquaculture is happening in Africa. Average annual growth ...

At a time fish stocks are declining globally due to factors, such as climatic change and pollution, cage fish farming technique has become an encouraging alternative that yields 10 times the ‘fish ...

In the past month, massive fish kills have been reported in Kisumu and Homa Bay counties. Unlike in the past when fish in the lake died, the deaths occurred in cages. In Homa Bay, cage farmers ...

The harvest stage of farming fish is pretty simple. Just lift the cage out of the water, or use a dip net if you just want one or two. Furthermore, the number of fish that can be produced in a single ...

Sea-based fish farming systems using net pens are hard on the environment and fish. A closed cage can improve fish welfare, but seawater must be continuously circulated through the cage. However, ...

At sunrise on Lake Victoria, floating cages, giant square enclosures suspended just below the water’s surface, now dot the shoreline from Jinja in Uganda to Kisumu in Kenya, replacing the traditional ...

Shadrack Kimani (right), the Lake Victoria Cage Fish Farming manager together with Beach Management Unit officials displays some of the fish being reared at the cages on the shores of Lake Victoria on ...

Aquaculture, which has existed since 1000 BCE, is gaining widespread recognition for its potential to provide sustainable fish products. This form of farming, also known as captive breeding, is the go ...