This webinar series is part of WorldFish’s broader knowledge sharing ‘Fish4Thought’ series of events.
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Incentivizing Coastal Stewardship through Social Protection
In this edition of Fish4Thought, WorldFish’s knowledge sharing series, we bring you the third webinar under Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS), exploring how social protection is incentivizing social stewardship in Bangladesh and Zanzibar.
Learn how different approaches are linking social protection with conservation and fisheries management and discover lessons that can guide future policy and investment.. Hear from experts and practitioners as they share real-world experiences, research insights, and emerging opportunities to align social protection, conservation, and sustainable blue economies.
Hosted by:
• Jessica Fuller, WorldFish
Featuring:
• Annabelle Bladon, IIED
• Samiya Selim, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
• Julius Francis, WIOMSA
Reducing Food Loss and Waste in Aquatic Food Systems
In this edition of Fish4Thought, WorldFish’s Knowledge Sharing Series, we share the second session of the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) project’s Knowledge Sharing Series.
Organized in anticipation of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (29 September) and the upcoming WIOMSA Symposium, this session explores how global experts are addressing food loss and waste (FLW) in aquatic food systems.
Learn how innovations, assessments, and policies are reducing post-harvest losses while strengthening nutrition, resilience, and sustainability worldwide.
Hosted by:
• Aditya Parmar – Scientist, Postharvest Loss and Waste, WorldFish
Dagaa processing and postharvest innovations from pilots in East Africa
Featuring:
• Rhea Yray-Frossard – Director, Campaign and Research, Oceana (Philippines)
Reducing post-harvest fish loss for food and nutrition security in coastal communities (Daram, Philippines)
• Omar Riego Peñarubia – Fishery Officer, FAO
Transforming Food and Agriculture through a Systems Approach – introducing FAO’s 2025 publication on integrated strategies for FLW reduction
• Ansen Ward – Fishery Officer & Senior Post-Harvest Fisheries Specialist, FAO
Food Loss Assessment Methodologies: tools and approaches for measuring aquatic food losses and informing solutions
• Abigail Frankfort – Lead, Aquatic Food, World Resources Institute (WRI)
A practitioner’s guide to assessing and reducing post-harvest food loss in small-scale aquatic food systems
Scaling Inclusive and Resilient Aquatic Food Market Systems
In this edition of Fish4Thought, WorldFish’s Knowledge Sharing Series, we mark the launch of the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway project’s Knowledge Sharing Series for shared learning and exchanging of implementation knowledge on aquatic food systems research and innovation, South-South collaboration, and more.
Hear from Mariska Bottema as she discussed how to identify, innovate, and scale aquatic food market systems that are sustainable, equitable, and efficient, with real-world insights from the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway project.
Featuring:
• Dennis Onkangi, Founder & CEO, Kuza Freezer — driving innovation in cold chain solutions for small-scale fisheries.
• Ashoke Kumar Sarker, Project Manager (Bangladesh), Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway project, WorldFish — advancing Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) practices in Bangladesh.