Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta has suspended licenses of foreign trawlers as part of efforts to grow the country’s blue economy through value addition. During the 54th commemoration of the country’s Independence, the president said the ban on foreign vessels would help increase fish processed locally seven-fold to 18,000 tonnes per year, from the current 2,500 tonnes.
“We have over 400km of rich coastline, and a share of the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. It is shameful that we exploit only a small fraction of these resources,” President Kenyatta said.
