Lake Turkana Fisheries Management Plan, 2023-2033, Legal Notice no. 49 of 2025

1. This Plan may be cited as the Lake Turkana Fisheries Citation. Management Plan, 2023-2033.

2. In this Plan, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation. “Act” means the Fisheries Management and Development Act; Cap. 378. “aquatic resources” includes creatures such as fish, crabs, corals, whales; substrates such as sand, rock, minerals, man-made structures; and plants such as algae, kelp that abide underwater, whether in salty water or freshwater that are potentially useful; “beach management unit” has the meaning assigned to it in the Act; “biological reference points” means quantitative indicators of variables such as fishing mortality rate, yield or stock biomass by which the current state of the fishery can be judged; “Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to fisheries; “catch per unit effort or catch rate” means quantity of fish caught in number or in weight with one standard unit of fishing effort for instance, number of fish taken per 1000 hooks per day or weight of fish, in tons, taken per hour of trawling; “critical fish habitats” means the area that contains features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management and protection and includes fish spawning or breeding areas, migratory routes and nursery grounds;   264 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 “frame surveys” means a census-based approach in which data is collected on all fishing crafts and gears at all the landing sites which could potentially be operating in Lake Turkana’s fishing sector are enumerated; “fish biomass” means the total weight of all fish including males and females in the population which contribute to reproduction; “fishing” has the meaning assigned to it in the Act; “fisher folk” means people who catch fish for a living; “fishery” has the meaning assigned to it in the Act; “fish stock” means the living resources in the community or population from which catches are taken in a fishery; “invasive species” is an aquatic organism that has spread or been introduced beyond its native range and is either causing harm or has the potential to cause harm; “management measure” means specific controls applied in the fishery to contribute to achieving the objectives, including technical measures such as gear regulations, closed areas and time closures; input controls, output controls and user rights; “Monitoring, Control and Surveillance” means— (a)   “monitoring” means the continuous requirement for the measurement of fishing effort characteristics and resource yields; (b)   “control” means the regulatory conditions under which the exploitation of the resource may be conducted; and (c)   “surveillance” means the degree and types of observations required to maintain compliance with the regulatory controls imposed on fishing activities; “Plan” means the Lake Turkana Fisheries Management Plan; “sustainable exploitation” means exploitation of fishery resources that will not have a negative impact on the aquatic ecosystems and conducted in such a way that future exploitation will not be prejudiced; “stock assessment” means the scientific process of collecting, analyzing relevant data on the fishery, reporting on the condition of a fish stock and estimating its sustainable yield for purposes of sustainable fisheries management; “value addition” means the process of changing or transforming a product from its original state to a more valuable state; “Lake Turkana basin” means a geographic land area draining into Lake Turkana; “pollution” has the meaning assigned to it under section 2 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act; Cap. 387.   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 265 “slot size” means a tool used by fisheries managers to regulate the size of fish that can legally be harvested from particular bodies of water; “Director-General” means the Director-General of the Service appointed under section 15 of the Act; and Service” means the Kenya Fisheries Service established under section 7 of the Act. APPLICATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN

3. (1) The geographical area covered in this Plan is Lake Geographical area Turkana basin and the riparian counties of Turkana, Marsabit and of the Plan. Samburu as set out in Annex 1. (2) Lake Turkana, formerly Lake Rudolf, is a closed basin lake, stretching from 3° 34’ 59” N, 36° 7’ 0” E in Northwestern Kenya. (3) Lake Turkana and Omo River basin covers an area of 130,860 km² straddling between the Federal Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Kenya. (4) Lake Turkana is the world’s largest permanent desert lake and Africa’s fourth largest lake by volume covering an area of 7,560 km2. (5) The basin climate is highly variable thus Lake Turkana experiences the highest water level fluctuations of all Kenyan lakes. (6) The major source of water to Lake Turkana is the Omo River which and has its source in the Ethiopian highlands and it enters Lake Turkana from the north and contributes more than ninety percent of the total water influx. (7) Other inflowing rivers are the Turkwel and Kerio both of which are characterized by massive flooding during sporadic rains. (8) The lake is bordered by Turkana, Marsabit and Samburu Counties to the west, east and south respectively as shown in Figure 1 in Annex 1.

4. The vision of the Lake Turkana fishery is to be a sustainably Vision of the developed, well managed, competitive and optimally utilized Lake Turkana fishery. fishery.

5. (1) The broad objective of the Plan shall be to— Objectives of the Plan. (a)   provide a framework for interventions, investments and development of Lake Turkana fisheries; (b)   provide an effective mechanism for sustainable exploitation of fisheries resource by involving the resource users in the management of Lake Turkana; and (c)   develop mechanisms for reducing and resolving any conflicts arising from resource use, social and economic dimensions in the region. (2) The specific objectives of the Plan shall be to—   266 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 (a)   in the case of biological objectives— (i)   rebuild the fisheries stocks levels in Lake Turkana; (ii)   apply a Harvest Control Rule exploiting no more than 20% of biomass in any one year effectively raising the catch; (iii)  apply a precautionary harvest control strategy by annually harvesting not more than 70% of the estimated annual biomass; and (iv)  apply the precautionary approach towards management of fisheries stocks; (b)   in the case of socioeconomic objectives— (i)   increase fish production from Lake Turkana; (ii)   create employment opportunities and generate income; (iii)  enhance export opportunities and strengthen value addition; (iv)  reduce post-harvest losses from 40% to 10% by 2030 and increase value addition in fish and fishery products; and (v)   create incentives and increase financing in target fishing communities; and (c)   in the ecological objectives— (i)   identify and protect at least twenty critical fish habitats in both sides of Lake Turkana by year 2030; (ii)   regulate capture fisheries and commercial aquaculture in the lake to minimize its potential impacts in the aquatic ecosystem; (iii)  adopt climate change mitigation measures in the fisheries resource; (iv)  ensure sustainable exploitation of all fisheries while retaining the natural trophic structure and ecological balance as well as a healthy and sustainable environment for fisheries production; (v)   develop a fisheries data collection system for monitoring commercial stocks, keystone species and ecologically important components of the fishery; and (i)   promote necessary research, technology, innovations and information sharing mechanism for management and development of Lake Turkana fisheries.

6. The conservation and management of Lake Turkana Guiding Fisheries shall be guided by the following principles and principles. approaches—   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 267 (a)   precautionary principle; (b)   biodiversity conservation principle; (c)   cultural and social principles; (d)   sustainability of fisheries resources; (e)   ecosystem approach to fisheries management; (f)   inter-generational and intra-generational equity; (g)   participation, public accountability and transparency; and (h)   the global dimension. MEASURES FOR PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION

7. The Director-General declares the geographical areas specified Declaration of fish in Annex 1 in the areas of Lake Turkana described in Figure 3 as breeding areas. breeding areas.

8. (1) Fishing is prohibited in the breeding areas specified in Prohibition. Annex 1. (2) The breeding areas specified in Annex 1 shall be identified by marker buoys. (3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

9. (1) It is prohibited to catch, land and trade in— Slot size prohibited. (a)   Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) from Lake Turkana whose total length is less than 54 centimeters; and (b)   Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Lake Turkana whose total length is less than 25 centimeters. (2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

10. (1) No person shall use any gill nets for fishing in Lake Limitations on the Turkana, whose size is less than 12.5 centimetres in stretched diagonal mesh sizes of nets. length. (2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

11. The fishery stock levels shall be built through─ Fish Stocks Conservation and Utilization. (a)   strengthening capacity for monitoring, control and surveillance; (b)   identification and protection of fish breeding grounds; (c)   training and sensitization on co-management; (d)   adoption of both precautionary and ecosystem approach to fisheries management; and (e)   development of standards for management of the fisheries stocks.   268 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025

12. Increased sustainable exploitation of fisheries resource shall Optimal utilization be realized through the— of the fisheries resources. (a)   development of fishing capacity; (b)   transformation of beach management units into commercial entities; (c)   provision of incentives and sanctions; (d)   training of fishing crews in commercial fishing; (e)   development of fishing fleet capacity; (f)   adoption of modern fishing technology and innovations; (g)   promotion of value addition of fish and fish products; (h)   provision of suitable financing schemes; (i)   establishment of fish processing facilities; and (j)   identification of new markets.

13. To reduce post-harvest losses from 40% to 10% by the year Control of fish 2033, the following interventions shall be undertaken— post-harvest losses. (a)   development of landing site infrastructure; (b)   development of wind and solar energy for fish cold chains; (c)   improvement of fish processing technologies for value addition; (d)   undertaking training needs assessment and plan for capacity building; and (e)   strengthening of beach management units’ structures and marketing of fish products.

14. Participatory fisheries resource management shall be Strengthening undertaken through— fisheries co- management. (a)   conducting a survey on co-management needs; (b)   establishment and training of beach management units; (c)   establishment and strengthening of lake-wide co- management structures; (d)   enforcement of beach management units’ by-laws; and (e)   capacity building on resource mobilization.

15. (1) A healthy Lake Turkana and watershed ecosystem will be Environmental realized through— Concerns (water abstraction, pollution and climate change. (a)   the establishment of a pollution monitoring unit; (b)   regular monitoring and reporting on the levels of heavy metals in sediments, water and fish of lake Turkana and its inlet rivers and adjacent dams; (c)   regular monitoring of biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen;   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 269 (d)   regular monitoring of nitrates, nitrites, and phosphates on the waters and sediments; (e)   establishment of a multi-sectoral unit to assess the impact of invasive species; (f)   the promotion of sustainable land use in Lake Turkana basin; and (g)   the establishment of a transboundary River Omo-Lake Turkana management plan.

16. The effects of climate change on Lake Turkana and fisheries Mitigation against shall be addressed by— Climate Change effects. (a)   identifying the climate change mitigation measures; (b)   identifying and implementing climate change adaptation strategies; (c)   mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; and (d)   establishment of River Omo-Lake Turkana basin groups platforms on sustainable utilization, and management of Lake Turkana basin.

7. Effective mechanisms for reducing and resolving resource Resolving inter- use conflicts shall be put in place and strengthened through the— communal and cross-border natural resource conflicts. (a)   promotion of cross-border peace programs; and (b)   enhancement of dialogues between fisher folk and pastoralists. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

18. (1) The Service shall be the lead agency in the Implementation implementation of this Plan in collaboration with— framework. (a)   the State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries; (b)   the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government; (c)   the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works; (d)   the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; (e)   the Riparian Counties (Turkana, Marsabit and Samburu); (f)   the Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute; (g)   the Water Resource Management Authority; (h)   the Kenya Wildlife Service; (i)   the National Environment Management Authority;   270 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 (j)   the National Museum of Kenya; (k)   the beach management units; (l)   the Non-Governmental Organizations in Lake Turkana region; (m)   the Women Representative, Turkana County; and (n)   the youth representative, Turkana County.

19. (1) Monitoring and evaluation of this Plan shall be continuous Monitoring and activity regardless of the management approaches adopted. evaluation. (2) The management and evaluation component of this Plan provides a basis for correction, adjustments and improvements to the proposed goals, targeted activities and assessment of the achievements attained. (3) The guiding principle for the whole process will target the maintenance of multi-functionality values of the ecosystems of the basin including the integration of development agenda or investments with conservation and ensuring full involvement of all basin- dependent stakeholders. (4) During this stage, problems encountered in implementation of planned activities shall be identified and strategies to address them outlined. (5) The Plan therefore proposes collection of baseline data for monitoring, updating and reviewing of the Plan in accordance with its objectives.

20. (1) A monitoring and evaluation plan shall be designed Methods of and reviewed regularly for the purpose of this Plan. monitoring. (2) A log frame will be institutionalized to guide monitoring and evaluation. (3) Monitoring indicators will be clearly stated in the implementation or action plan. (4) Evaluation will be undertaken at mid-term and at the end of the Plan period to assess the progress and achievements in the implementation of the planned activities. (5) The evaluation will also help to address the constraints encountered during implementation of the Plan. (6) The issues to be monitored and evaluated include— (a)   the extent of implementation of the Plan by the stakeholders; (b)   the responsiveness to education and awareness initiatives; (c)   progress reports, work plans, and stakeholder involvement and participation; (d)   the impact of management prescriptions; (e)   the environmental status of the lake and its catchment through the use of biological, physical, social and economic indicators; and   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 271 (f)   budget allocations, expenditure and accounting procedures. (7) Monitoring and evaluation indicators shall be identified, quantified, qualified and verified for the different management activities in order to assess the progress and achievements of the set targets in the Plan.

21. The biological aspects of the fishery shall be monitored by Biological. collecting comprehensive research data on the following aspects to identify the gaps— (a)   the fish sizes; (b)   the fish weight; (c)   the size at maturity; (d)   the breeding area; (e)   the breeding season; and (f)   the population dynamics.

22. The fishery shall be monitored in terms of the following Catch and variables— biomass. (a)   catch; (b)   catch per unit effort; (c)   maximum sustainable yield; (d)   maximum economic yield; (e)   spawning stock biomass; and (f)   harvestable biomass.

23. (1) The various measured effort level shall be derived from Effort levels. the biological and catch data. (2) These effort levels shall provide an assessment of the existing fishing pressure as compared to target and limit reference points for specific fish species— (a)   the fishing mortality at MSY (FMSY); (b)   the fishing mortality at MEY (FMEY); (c)   the fishing mortality at 10% of MSY (F0.1); (d)   the optimal fishing mortality (F0.5); (e)   the fishing mortality where SSB is at MSY (FSSB/MSY); (f)   the fishing mortality where SSB is at MEY (FSSB/MEY); and (g)   the fishing mortality where SSB is at MEY (FSSB/MEY).

24. An assessment of the fish stocks shall provide information Conservation on the stock status and the conservation status of species that may issues. have been classified as— (a)   endangered;   272 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 (b)   vulnerable; or (c)   threatened.

25. The Plan parameters to monitor shall include the— Environmental issues. (a)   lake level; (b)   inflows and water budget; (c)   water quality including physical parameters such as conductivity, temperature or turbidity; and (d)   water quality including chemical parameters such as nutrients, DO, pH hardness or alkalinity.

26. (1) The Director-General shall, in collaboration with key Special stakeholders, identify and promote opportunities to develop a considerations. sustainable fishery operated by artisanal fishers using small vessels and low impact fishing gears, and shall encourage communities and individuals to invest in artisanal commercial fishery through public- private partnerships. (2) The Director-General shall, in collaboration with stakeholders, promote the formation of fisher associations whereby communities and fishers shall be encouraged to form fisher marketing associations in line with national development strategies and develop marketing strategies for artisanal fishers. (3) The Director-General shall involve the participation of civil society organizations, development agencies and other partners on fisheries development and investment to form joint ventures targeting microfinance, marketing infrastructure and opportunities.

27. This Plan— Equitable distribution of benefis from fishery resources. (a)   recognizes the need for empowerment of the local people to utilize the commercial fishery through use of artisanal technology; (b)   recommends the establishment of a Community Trust Fund, benefits from which shall be distributed through the beach management units; and (c)   recommends an auction system for catch allocation to increase revenue to the Government. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, REVIEW OF THE PLAN, CONFLICT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

28. The State Department responsible for Fisheries and the Resource Service shall mobilize resources required to finance the budget for mobilization. implementation of the Plan.

29. (1) The Director-General shall ensure that implementation Linkages. of this Plan complies with the relevant provisions of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, the Forest Conservation and Management Act, the Maritime Zones Act, the Cap. 387.   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 273 Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, the Merchant Cap. 385. Shipping Act and any other relevant laws. Cap. 371. Cap. 376. Cap. 389. (2) The Director-General shall ensure that the implementation of this Plan is consistent with the National Oceans and Fisheries Policy 2009, Vision 2030 and any other relevant policy.

30. Relevant stakeholders will put measures in place to ensure Sustainability. sustainable management and utilization of Lake Turkana Fisheries and its ecosystem.

31. All disputes emanating from implementation of this Plan Resolution of shall be determined in accordance with the Act. disputes.

32. (1) This Plan may be reviewed from time to time but in Reviews and any event, at least once in every five years. amendments.

33. The Director-General shall prepare an implementation Implementation strategy for this Plan, which shall contain details on activities, plan. responsibilities, timelines, objectively measurable and verifiable indicators, expected outcomes and the cost implications among other details.

34. A person who commits an offence under this Plan shall, on Penalties. conviction, be liable to penalties set out in section 39 of the Act.   274 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025

ANNEX 1 A.   GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Name of fish breeding Co-ordinates Area (km2) site Latitude Longitude Ekoyo/Napasinyang 3ᵒ36’145’’ 35ᵒ51’565’’ 10.5 km 2 River Mouth Omo River Mouth 4ᵒ39’30’’ 36ᵒ15’00’’ 15.5 km2 Turkwel/Kerio River 3ᵒ02’57’’ 36ᵒ16’00’’ 30 km2 Mouth Fergusons’ Gulf 3ᵒ48’95’’ 35ᵒ91’71’’ 10 km2 Koobi Fora 4ᵒ02’23’’ 36ᵒ19’78’’ 30 km2 Todonyang 4ᵒ44’19’’ 35ᵒ96’42’’ 10 km2 Central Island 3ᵒ47’04’’ 36ᵒ03’87’’ 10 km2 Southern Island 2ᵒ59’52’’ 36ᵒ59’07’’ 30 km2 B.   FIGURE 1: Map of Lake Turkana showing wetlands, park areas, marine parks, open water and international boundaries delineating the coverage of the Plan (Source: KMFRI, 2007).   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 275

ANNEX 2 Table 1: Implementation matrix Strategic Objective Activities Expected Performance Implementing Time Source Actions Output/ Indicators Agency (s) frame of Outcome Funds 1. Fish Stocks To increase Build fishing capacity -   Increased Nutritional SDBEF, SDM 2023– GoK, Conservation the among fishers. fish catches. survey & SA, County 2033 IMO and percentage of Household Governments. Utilization. catches to survey. 100% by 2030. To rebuild - Enforce fisheries -Increased fish Stock SDBEF, 2023– GoK, the fisheries management biomass. assessment SDM&SA, 2033 DPs stocks levels measures; closed reports. MDAs, County in Lake areas, closed seasons Governments, Turkana. on fishing methods, MoE . gears or fish being landed, restriction and regulation on fishing methods and gears. - Identify, map and protect fisheries critical habitat by closing the relevant areas from fishing activities. Apply a Undertake fish catch -  Status of fish Percentage of SDBEF, 2023/24 GoK, Harvest and stock assessments. stocks stock exploited. SDM&SA, – Control Rule ascertained. MDAs, County 2027/28 (HCR) -  Harvest levels Governments. exploiting no determined more than and applied in 20% of the biomass in management any one year of fishery. effectively raising the catch. Enhance Enforcement of -Fisheries SDBEF, 2023/24 - GoK& management fisheries management compliance SDM&SA, 2027/28 DPs and measures and reports. KeFS, KMA, conservation regulations. -Standards for DoD, MDAs, of Fisheries -Sensitization on co- management KPA, KRA, stocks by use management. of fisheries. KMFRI, of KIRDI, County precautionary wyt Governments. approach. Development of standards for management of the fisheries stocks.   276 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 2.Research on -Promote - Undertake research on - Research - Data on KMFRI, KeFS, 23/24 – GoK, fisheries research, fish catches and reports. biomass, SDBEF 33/34 PPP biology, technology, stocks, technology and - Technology - Number of County stocks and innovations innovations. and Technologies Governments fishing effort and - Conduct Frame innovations and and habitats. information Private sector Surveys. developed. innovations sharing developed. BMUs. mechanism. - Strengthen fisheries - Reports on data collection and fishing effort. - Functional dissemination. - Fisheries Integrated - Establishment of Blue bulletins. fisheries data Book for Lake base. - Fisheries Turkana. database. - Number of - Establish linkages policy - Blue Book for decisions between research and Lake policy decision made based Turkana. on scientific making. information. -Scientific - Blue Bk for information for Lake policy decision Turkana. making. - Number of Frame Surveys and Stock Assessment conducted. 3.Increase local To increase -  Awareness creation on - fish Sensitization SDBEF, 2023– GoK, fish the the value of fish as utilization reports. SDM&SA, 2033 DPs consumption. percentage of food. statistics. MDAs, County catches that -Develop campaign Governments., goes for local strategy and create MoH. human awareness on the consumption nutritional value of by 100% by fish. 2030. - Mount eat more fish campaign including training on cooking fish dishes. - Develop local fishing capacity, 4.Improve To increase - Develop fishing Fleet - Fishing fleet - Number of SDBEF, KeFS, 2023/24 GoK, Inputs and production of capacity. capacity fishing fleet KFMA, TNT, – DPS Technology. commercial - Under training of developed. procured. TP, KMA, 2032/33 species by at fishing crews. -Fishing crews - Number of KMFRI, FLTF, least 10% trained. crews trained. County - Promote adoption of Governments., modern fishing - Modern - Number of Private Sector technology and fishing fishing and innovations. technologies technologies Development - Promote value added adopted. adopted. partners. fish and fish products. -  Value added - Number of - Provide suitable fish and fish value added financing schemes. products products. promoted. - Number of - Suitable schemes. financing schemes provided.   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 277 5. Reduce Post- To reduce -  Designate and gazette -   34 Landing - Number of 34 SDF & BE, 2023/24 GoK, Harvest post-harvest landing sites. sites Landing sites SDM&SA, DPs Losses. losses from -  Develop all 34- designated designated MoE MPSY& 20% to 10% landing site and gazetted. and gazetted. GA, County by 2030 and infrastructure and fish -   Reduced post- - No landing Governments, increase cold chains. harvest sites Media. value losses. developed addition in -  Improve fish processing -Infrastructure with fish and infrastructure. fishery technologies for value developed in products. addition. 34 landing - No of value- -  Promote value sites by 2030. added fish addition of fish and - Fish value products. fish products. chain actors - Percentage trained on reduction in value harvest losses. addition. - No of Cold - Developed chain sanitary and infrastructure fish handling developed. facilities at the landing sites. 6. Strengthen Promote fish -Conduct a survey on -Report on - Number of KFMA, KeFS, 2023/202 GoK Marketing marketing marketing and market and new markets SDBEF 4 – Systems and entrepreneurship entrepreneurshi identified. SDC, 2024/202 entrepreneur needs. p needs - Number of 5 assessment. KMFRI, ship. -Establish fish trainings. marketing system. -Strong County - Number of Governments. -Training on fish value marketing people chains development system applying established. skills for -Skills for entrepreneurs value chain and hip and value product addition. development - Number of fish and fishery products. 7.Strengthen Promote - Conduct a survey on -Survey report. - Report on County 2023/202 GoK co- participatory co-management needs. -Increased survey Government, 4- management management - Establish and participation of conducted. KeFS, SDBEF. 2024/202 of fisheries strengthen BMUs. stakeholders in - Number of 5 resources. fisheries BMUs management. established. - Number of co- management areas.   278 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 8. Coordinate Provide a - Carry out Stakeholder -Organized - Investors and GoK/ Involvement consultative mapping. funding and development DP of Private forum for - Carry out stakeholder planning for partners Sector and stakeholders analysis. development in mapped. Development and the basin. -Stakeholder Partners in development - Sensitization of analysis Fisheries partners. stakeholders. report development. - Formation and registration of the -Sensitization development forum. of stakeholders’ report. -Development forum formed and registered 9. Address. To establish a - Appointment of staff - Quality water -  Appointment KeFS, KMFRI, GoK, Pollution, pollution to the environmental ecosystem and letters of staff KCCS, /DPs invasive monitoring monitoring unit. quality fish for to the Unit. Universities, species, system. - develop terms of food produced -Terms of SDBEF, climate reference for the staff form Lake reference NEMA, change and in the unit. Turkana. developed. Ministry of Water Water, Ministry abstraction, - Establish a multi- -Sustained Fish - Appointment of Foreign agency enforcement production. letters to the Affairs, and resource- based and compliance team. pollution Riparian conflicts. - Carry out regular monitoring County physic-chemical and unit. Governments. biological quality monitoring. - Regular monitoring - Monitoring and reporting on the reports on the levels of heavy metals levels of in sediments, water heavy metals and fish of lake in sediments, Turkana and its inlet water and fish rivers and adjacent of lake dams. Turkana and - Regular monitoring its inlet rivers and reporting of and adjacent biological oxygen dams. demand and chemical - Monitoring oxygen demand of reports on lake Turkana and its biological inlet rivers and oxygen adjacent dams. demand and - Regular monitoring of chemical pesticide residue oxygen levels in the water, demand of sediment and fish of lake Turkana lake Turkana and its and its inlet inlet rivers and rivers and adjacent dams. adjacent dams. - Regular monitoring of nitrates, nitrites, and phosphates on the waters and sediments.   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 279 - Establishment of a multi- - Monitoring sectoral unit to assess the reports on impacts of invasive species pesticide and mobilize to combat of residue levels the invasive species. in the water, - Assessment and sediment and recommendation of fish of lake appropriate measure for Turkana and elimination of prosopis its inlet rivers juniflora and any other and adjacent invasive from the banks of dams. lake Turkana and its - Monitoring landing, feeder river banks reports and dams or their waters. nitrates, - Execution of recommended nitrites, and methods to eliminate phosphates on prosopis Juniflora or any the waters and other invasive species from sediments the banks of lake Turkana, - Multi-sectoral feeder river banks and dams unit or their waters. established To mitigate -  Establishment of a multi- Improved - Appointment KeFS, KMFRI, GoK, against sectoral unit to assess the access to letter to the KCCS, DPs invasive plant impacts of invasive species fishing multisectoralUniversities, and fish and mobilize to combat of grounds unit on SDBEF, species. the invasive species. and fish invasive NEMA, - Assessment and landing species Ministry of recommendation of sites -Assessment Water, Ministry appropriate measure for Report on of Foreign elimination of prosopis Invasive Affairs, juniflora and any other species and Riparian invasive from the banks of recommendati County lake Turkana and its ons Governments. landing, feeder river banks and dams or their waters. - execution of recommended methods to eliminate prosopis Juniflora or any other invasive species from the banks of lake Turkana, feeder river banks and dams or their waters. To Mitigate - Train on climate change -Assured - Research KeFS, KMFRI, GoK, against and mitigation measures. future of reports of DPs climate - Carry out climate change the fishery climate change research to predict the from change effects. future of fish species in the climate - Training lake. change reports. impacts. - Identify climate change mitigation related issues. -Number of climate - Identify climate change smart adaptation strategies. technologi - Mainstream climate change es adaptation and mitigation adopted. measures.   280 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 To promote - Establishment of River - -Appointment KeFS, KMFRI, GoK, sustainable Omo-Lake Turkana Basin Sustainabl letters of staff KCCS, /DPs use and groups/platforms on e water to the Unit. Universities, conservation sustainable Utilization, and levels in -Terms of SDBEF, of management of Lake the lake reference NEMA, transboundar Turkana Basin. achieved developed. Ministry of y water and - Establish a water Water, Ministry fisheries management level of Foreign resources. monitoring unit Affairs, Riparian County Governments.   Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 281 NOTES: CGs — County Governments. DoD — Department of Defence. FLTF — Fish Levy Trust Fund. KeFS — Kenya Fisheries Service. KFMA — Kenya Fish Marketing Authority. KIRDI — Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute. KMA — Kenya Maritime Authority. KMFRI — Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute. KPA — Kenya Ports Authority. KRA — Kenya Revenue Authority. MDAs — Ministry, Departments and Agencies. MoE — Ministry of Environment. MoH — Ministry of Health. SDPHPS — State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards. NEMA — National Environmental Management Authority. TNT — The National Treasury. SDC — State Department for Cooperatives. SDBEF — State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries. SDS&MA — State Department for Shipping & Maritime Affairs. Made on the 30th day of January, 2025. DANIEL MUNGAI, Director-General, Kenya Fisheries Service.