Fishing

Fishing grounds in Kenya

• Inland: Lake Victoria (largest producer: Nile perch, tilapia, omena/dagaa), Lake Turkana, Lake Naivasha, Lake Baringo, fish farms.
• Marine: the Indian Ocean (tuna, sardines, lobsters, prawns).

Fishing methods

• Purse seining: a net surrounds a shoal, then the bottom is drawn closed (pelagic fish such as sardines).
• Trawling: a bag-shaped net dragged along the sea bed (demersal fish such as cod).
• Drifting: gill nets hang in the water and fish are trapped by their gills.
• Line fishing (long lines with baited hooks), basket traps and harpoons.