Why Kenyan Fishermen Are Planting Grass on Floor of Indian Ocean 
By Walter Ngano KE Source: kenyans 10/26/2024
Walter Ngano
Credit: Wasini Beach Management Unit
Four Kenyans are leading the charge to safeguard fish in the Indian Ocean by planting seagrass in an attempt to restore the depleted fish stocks.

The four men who hail from the coastal island of Wasini are members of Wasini Beach Management Unit (WBMU) and continuously dive into the ocean and facilitate new plantations of seagrass.
 

The WBMU, whose mandate is to promote healthy fishing practices, revealed that the existing seagrass plantations have been depleted as a result of harmful fishing practices. “Most of the seagrass areas were destroyed in the past due to harmful fishing techniques,” one of their members noted.

 
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