Audio By Vocalize 260 kilograms of fish seized from four individuals during a crackdown on illegal fishing in Lake Nakuru by KWS and police officers on March 5, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] For more than 25 years, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the South West Indian Ocean was largely treated as a technical fisheries issue. It was discussed in regulatory forums, captured in surveillance reports, and addressed through isolated enforcement operations. Along the coastlines of East Africa and South West Indian Ocean countries, however, the consequences have never been abstract. They have been felt in declining fish stocks, shrinking incomes,…