Fish predator turns into source of cash

Abstract

For nearly two decades, members of Njeng’u Fishing and Sports Self-help Group have been fishing at a dam Nyeri County. However, they have been frustrated by an eight-leg predator that has preying on their tilapia fish stock.“We have been catching fish for sale for more than 20 years from this dam as it grows naturally in it,” John Mambo, the chair of the group tells Seeds of Gold.While the dam produces big catch, the crayfish, an omnivorous water creature that feeds on other fish and plants (algae), has been their biggest trouble