Discover our latest news, success stories, stories from the field, blogs, and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts. Through evidence-based storytelling, we examine and report on WorldFish work towards transforming aquatic food systems for healthy people and the planet.

Turning Evidence Into Action for Women Farmers Across MENA

Posted by Menna Mosbah - 4 minutes read
December 02, 2025

Gender equity, Social inclusion

Sorting their harvest, women gleaners show their catch to traders—each selling individually, yet coming together to collectively negotiate prices because they know their power comes from their sisterhood. Photo by Sara Bonilla-Anariba, WorldFish

Spotlight on Women’s Hidden Labour: Gleaning in Mozambique 

Posted by Sara Bonilla Anariba, Helena Salencia - 4 minutes read
November 28, 2025

Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Gender equity

Feed Is Holding Kenya’s Aquaculture Boom Back

Posted by Esther Magondu, Lucy Njogu - 4 minutes read
November 26, 2025

Fish feeds

Big Win for Kenya’s Aquaculture Sector as Homa Bay County Signs Landmark Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Policy

Posted by - 4 minutes read
November 21, 2025

WorldFish at FISON 40th Conference: Driving Nigeria’s Blue Transformation Through Innovation and Partnerships 

Posted by Eunice Ayo-Aderele - 4 minutes read
November 21, 2025

Integration

WorldFish and Côte d’Ivoire Formalise Host Country Agreement to Establish Regional Innovation Hub

WorldFish and Côte d’Ivoire Formalise Host Country Agreement to Establish Regional Innovation Hub 

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read
November 19, 2025

Capacity Development

Laboratory capacity building training program conducted in the Quality Control (QC) Laboratory, Department of Fisheries (DOF) in Savar, Bangladesh.  

Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture Across South Asia: WorldFish in Action  

Posted by Sabrina Hossain, Shafiq Rheman , Abdullah-Al-Mahmud , David Verner-Jeffreys - 3 minutes read
November 18, 2025

One health

Two baskets filled with freshly caught Indian Salmon fish being carried to a fish market in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where they will be sold for local and international distribution. Photo by Philipo Ngonyani.

Tackling Hidden Losses: A New Guide to Strengthen Small-Scale Aquatic Food Systems

Posted by Dilruba Sharmin - 5 minutes read
November 17, 2025

Loss & Waste, Best practices

WAVES project partners during a field visit to the Sungai Merbok oyster farm, discussing farming practices and industry challenges with local producers.

Charting a Sustainable Future for Mollusc Production in Southeast Asia

Posted by Laura Khor , Chin Yee Chan - 4 minutes read
November 13, 2025

Capacity Strengthening, Mollusca

Delivery of 10,000 mixed-sex Abbassa strain tilapia fingerlings to the Applied Research Centre hatchery in in Matrouh. Photo by Ashraf Khairy, Research Assistant, WorldFish, Egypt.jpg

A Fish for the Future: How the Abbassa Tilapia Strain Provides an Aquaculture Solution for Arid Region

Posted by Menna Mosbah, Rajita Majumdar - 4 minutes read
November 12, 2025

Aquaculture, Genetic improvement

Participants learn about the nutritional benefits of small fish and how simple household practices can improve family diets during a community event in Assam.

Community-Led Advocacy: Engaging Local Governments and Partners for Successful Fish-Based Nutrition Pilots in Assam

Posted by Baishnaba Charan Ratha - 4 minutes read
November 06, 2025

School feeding, Nutrition

Protecting and enforcing inshore exclusive zones for small-scale fisheries: Leveraging communication strategies and tools to organise advocacy and mobilisation. Colombia photo. Photo by Movilizatorio

Grappling with Diversity in Small-Scale Fisheries

Posted by David Wardell - 1 minute read
October 31, 2025

Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Research

WorldFish team with colleagues from KMFRI

Spreading the Wave: IMTA Redefining Sustainable Aquaculture at the World Aquaculture Society Conference  

Posted by Esther Magondu - 3 minutes read
October 31, 2025

Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture

Growing Africa’s Fisheries Sector Inspires a Remarkable Tripartite Coalition   

Posted by Rajita Majumdar - 4 minutes read
October 29, 2025

South-South collaboration

New Global Guidebook to Help Practitioners Cut Post-Harvest Loss in Small-Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read
October 28, 2025

South-South collaboration

A Mozambique-Tanzania Learning Visit on Seaweed Upskills and Empowers Women and Youth

Posted by Dilruba Sharmin, Siwema Luvanga, Helena Salencia - 5 minutes read
October 30, 2025

South-South collaboration, Seaweed

Photo 1- Participants observing carp breeding activities at the WorldFish facility in Jashore, Bangladesh. Photo credit - Mohammad Shohorab Hossain/WorldFish

Faster-Growing Carp for a Food-Secure Future: Reflections from a Workshop in Khulna

Posted by Mohammed Yeasin, Mohammad Shohorab Hossain , Matthew Hamilton - 3 minutes read
October 28, 2025

Rohu, Genetic improvement, Collaboration

AABS booth at IFAJ in Nairobi

Why Some Science Stories Cut Through 

Posted by David Wardell - 4 minutes read
October 27, 2025

aquatic food systems, South-South collaboration

Casting the Net Wider: India–Nigeria Roundtable Charts a New Course for Aquaculture and Fisheries

Posted by Eunice Ayo-Aderele - 4 minutes read
October 20, 2025

South-South collaboration, Capacity Development

Director General of WorldFish, Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed and Dr. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, Director General of TAGEM signed MOU. Photo Sean Lee/WorldFish.

WorldFish and Türkiye Sign MOU to Advance Sustainable Aquatic Food Research

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read
October 22, 2025

Partnerships

Two small-scale Moroccan fisherwomen doing gleaning activities at Atlantic coastline in Morocco. Photo by Menna Mosbah, Gender and social inclusion consultant, WorldFish, Egypt. 2024. Edited by Photoshop.

Can the Southern Mediterranean Fish Value Chain Thrive Without Women’s Empowerment?

Posted by Menna Mosbah - 3 minutes read
October 21, 2025

gender-transformative approach