Harnessing Aquatic Foods for Healthy People, Healthy Planet, and Shared Prosperity
Big Splashes Over Five Years, 2020–2025
Global Impact from WorldFish Research and Innovations
people, including women and children, nourished adequately with aquatic foods integrated in their diets
women and people from other marginalized groups empowered with greater access to resources, markets, and decision-making in the fisheries and aquaculture sector
households increased their incomes through increased sustainable production of aquatic foods
hectares restored through sustainable/ improved management of natural resources
MT of fish, seaweed, and other aquatic foods produced with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and greater resource efficiency
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The Latest
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and developments in research and innovations across aquatic food systems.
Grappling with Diversity in Small-Scale Fisheries
Updates
Small-scale fisheries feed millions and employ more than 60 million people worldwide. Yet they’re often treated as a single uniform group, when in reality, they’re as…
Nutrition and Public Health, Climate and Environmental Sustainability, Social and Economic Inclusion • 31 Oct 2025
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Spreading the Wave: IMTA Redefining Sustainable Aquaculture at the World Aquaculture Society Conference
Updates
The world’s oceans are vital for global food security if managed wisely. At the 2025 World Aquaculture Society Conference, a clear path forward emerged: Integrated Multi…
• 31 Oct 2025
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A Mozambique-Tanzania Learning Visit on Seaweed Upskills and Empowers Women and Youth
Blog
Seven youth and women from the Tany Cooperative, based on Inhaca Island off the coast of Maputo Bay, Mozambique, participated in a six-day learning visit to Zanzibar,…
Climate and Environmental Sustainability, Social and Economic Inclusion • 30 Oct 2025
Read MoreBig Facts on Aquatic Foods
600
million number of people around the world who depend on small-scale fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods.
204
million tons - the volume of aquatic food production by 2030.
60
million - number of people engaged in the primary sector of fisheries and aquaculture in 2018.
24
trillion - the value of the ocean economy, including fisheries, shipping lanes and tourism.