Afrivive Fisheries

Friday, November 23, 2018

Plastic pollution

Some researchers suggest that by 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by weight. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects (e.g.: plastic bottles and much more) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans. Plastics...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Ocean clean up

The plastic will not go away by itself A serious action has taken place in the Pacific to clean up the ocean. The Ocean Cleanup has dispatched a giant PacMan to remove plastic from the Pacific. Over 5 trillion pieces of plastic are currently littered in the oceans, trash has accumulated in the ocean...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Red Sea Maritime to go into partnership with the Mombasa County Government to revamp and redevelop the fishing industry

Red Sea Maritime has proposed a public private partnership to the Mombasa County Government to revamp and redevelop the fishing industry in Kenya, off the coast of Mombasa county. Red Sea Maritime is a Maritime and logistics company located in the UK and East Africa - Kenya. We are positioned as...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

2050 there will be more plastic in the world’s oceans than fish - a concern for the industry.

Serious concern for the Kenya to challenge the usage of plastic. In Kenya, plastic bags were banned. The rapid growth of the use and disposal of plastic materials has proved to be a challenge for solid waste management systems with impacts on our environment and ocean. Kenya is now the ninth African...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Monday, October 22, 2018

Kenya fisheries has huge untapped potential

Kenya is losing an estimated Sh10 billion annually due to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its territorial waters, according to the government.According to the government, the Kenya Indian Ocean produces only 5 per cent of the 174,000 metric toners of the fish produced in the country.Kenya...
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Kenya is earning more from fish exports than imports but the high volumes shipped in from China are still a concern

Fishmongers have decried the increasing number of cheap imports which they say affect sales.Earnings from Kenya's fish exports in the last three years were higher compared to imports despite an outcry over foreign sea food flooding the local market.According to data from the Department of Fisheries,...
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