Lake Victoria Comprehensive Research for Development (Lavicord) has devised a new fishing method and fish feeds to help revive the collapsing fishing sector in the region.
Lavicord, which is a conglomeration of Maseno, Moi and Japan's Nagasaki Universities, also plans to introduce farming of the Nile Perch breed of fish.
Lavicord research coordinators Hellen Marcial and Keiko Kito said the new fishing method would ensure fish is kept fresh until it is sold to buyers.
In the new method, a triangular net with a wide space in between is used to keep fish alive in the trap.
"In the conventional methods, fish struggle and die in the net soon after they are netted, this lowers their quality by the time they are landed on the beaches for sale.
"The new trap has space in between three walls of net, the fish can therefore stay alive and fresh when sold, especially to exporters and processors," Ms Keiko said.
The net is also designed to only harvest mature fish, a step aimed at helping replenish the threatened stocks.
Keiko urged the government to oversee its adoption to save Lake Victoria fisheries whose stocks have been dwindling, forcing processors to import fish products.
Maseno University Vice Chancellor Prof Julius Nyabundi appealed to Lavicord to launch a second phase of studies to help strengthen the varsity's research development.