Threat of depleted fish as poachers storm lake

A man in Lake Naivasha carries the day’s catch from the troubled water body which has been invaded by poachers. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

It is a cold morning, as a group of half-naked men drag a net along the shores of Lake Naivasha. The nets, which include mosquito-nets, literally sweep anything from a 5kg species of common carp to weeks old fingerlings.

For hours the group wades past bushes of hyacinth weed that is choking the troubled lake, trapping immature fish in the process.