The Kenya Coast Guard has destroyed 83 pieces of illegal fishing nets worth Sh4.8 million on Lake Victoria.
Speaking during the destruction exercise in Bunyala subcounty on Sunday, KCG team leader George Shiundu expressed concern about the great losses being incurred by the fishermen due the use of the illegal fishing gadgets.
“We are saddened by the fact that we have come here to destroy property,” he said, adding that the organisation had destroyed a similar number of illegal nets.
Shiundu urged the Beach Management Units to unite and purchase the recommended fishing nets for the fishermen to avoid such losses.
“To purchase the recommended fishing nets, you require Sh600,000,” he said.
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