Ecological Impacts of Cage Fish Farming in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Mercy Chepkirui*, Paul Sagwe Orina, Jonathan Munguti, George Morara, Tonny Sagwe Orina and Jared Ochingo

The decline in capture fisheries globally as a result of growing population and increasing awareness on nutritional benefits of white meat has led to the development of aquaculture. This is anticipated to meet the increasing call for more food for the human population, which is likely to increase further by 2050. Statistics show that more than 50% of the global fish diet will come from aquaculture. This is attributed to technological advancement from traditional culture systems to modern culture systems, including cage farming.

Cage farming technology has been rapidly growing since its inception in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Since then, cage farming has witnessed remarkable growth due to technology adoption, swift monetary growth, urbanization, and infrastructural development, increasing demand for food for an ever-increasing population, increasing markets.

Cage farming in Lake Victoria, Kenya, offers an excellent opportunity towards recognition of the government’s tactic to eliminate food insecurity, malnutrition, create employment, and promote the Blue Economy. However, being an open farming enterprise is likely to emit a large amount of fish waste into the ecosystem. Therefore, cage fish farming technology has been put into question due to increasing rates of environmental concerns. Hence, this paper review possible ecological impacts of cage fish farming towards sustainable utilization of aquatic resources in Lake Victoria, Kenya.

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Published on: Apr 7, 2026 Pages: 1-9

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/2455-8400.000102
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