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KEMFRI says annual fish catch in Lake Naivasha has fallen from 3,400 metric tonnes in 2019 to 1,050 metric tonnes in 2025. [File, Standard]
Fishermen on Lake Naivasha have backed proposed temporary restrictions on fishing in areas with declining stocks but rejected a blanket ban on the lake to allow fish regeneration.
This comes after Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI) raised concerns that the annual fish catch in the lake had fallen from 3,400 metric tonnes in 2019 to 1,050 metric tonnes in 2025.
Speaking during a stakeholders' consultative meeting on the proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act in Naivasha, Rajab Omari, Chairman of Tarambeta Beach, said the proposed closure should not be read as shutting down fishing altogether.
