Since the 1980’s, tilapia aquaculture has expanded rapidly in Egypt, making it now Africa’s largest tilapia producer and the third largest in the world. In recent years, genetically improved Nile tilapia strains contributed important catalysts in these advancements. Providing superior growth rates and more efficient feed conversion, the release of the Abbassa strain in 2013 has since triggered an accelerated growth in national production. Despite this, concerns have been voiced over current trajectories of market development.

Egyptian aquaculture production has grown rapidly to over one million tons per year so that it now provides most of the country's fish supply.However, Egyptian fish farmers have received little extension advice or training. An intervention starting in 2012 aimed to address this gap by providing best management practice (BMP) training for pond based tilapia monoculture and tilapia-mullet polyculture fish farmers.

This study was carried out in order to understand the technical and economic characteristics of different Egyptian Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) hatchery systems. Hatchery operators at fifty tilapia hatcheries in four governorates were interviewed and four focus group discussions were held with 61 participants in March 2012.

Expansion of Egypt’s aquaculture industry has been matched by the development of a large number of tilapia hatcheries all producing sex-reversed all-male fry and fingerlings. In order to map the fish seed value chain in Egypt, operators of fifty tilapia hatcheries in four governorates (Kafr el-Sheikh, Behera, Sharkia and Fayoum) were interviewed. Tilapia hatcheries use a range of technologies, from simple hapa-based systems in open ponds to heated, greenhouse-covered, tanks systems to advance and lengthen the spawning season.

Between November 2016 and December 2017, WorldFish surveyed the Auki fish market, in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. The objectives of the survey were to: (i) document the species, volumes and values of fish sold at Auki market, and the fishing grounds where this fish was caught; (ii) document and describe the fisheries that supply the biggest market in Malaita Province; and (iii) support the Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources (MFMR) in establishing a baseline of the fisheries in Malaita.

Data file (Report-DCatl16-2344) containing 3048 SNP and 4726 silicoDArT genotype scores and respective marker sequence and metadata information for 841 Catla catla samples. Samples were taken from the candidate founders of the WorldFish rohu breeding population in Bangladesh.

The aim of this study was to assess the seasonal variation of food consumption, particularly fish consumption and intra-household food distribution in the urban area of Dhaka City, using a panel study. A three-round seasonal panel survey on food consumption be conducted over one year to assess the seasonal variation of food consumption and intra-household food distribution among the urban poor. A weighted 24-hour dietary recall was used to collect the individual consumption as well household consumption data.

In-shore fisheries play a critical role in the economies of the Pacific Islands. But national governments have been preoccupied with the development and regulation of off-shore tuna fisheries for export. Belatedly, governments in the region are recognizing the importance of coastal fisheries for rural development and food security. In 2015, the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders endorsed the ‘New Song for coastal fisheries’, committing themselves to refocus the efforts of their country’s fisheries agencies.

Between April and August 2018, 822 people (472 men and 350 women) were interviewed in seven provinces on the incidence and characteristics of saltwater crocodile attacks on humans in Solomon Islands. The results are alarming: a total of 225 crocodile attacks on people were recorded. Thirty-six percent of these attacks are fatal. Without effective measures to ensure people’s safety, it’s likely that the frequency of saltwater crocodile attacks will increase in the coming years.

In 2015, WorldFish (WF) was funded by LIFT to implement the “Promoting the sustainable growth of aquaculture in Myanmar to improve food security and incomes for communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta and Central Dry Zone” (MYCulture project). The project aims at testing, identifying and scaling up suitable aquaculture technologies for rural stakeholders in the Ayeyarwady Delta (hereafter referred to as Delta) and three regions of the Central Dry Zone (CDZ) (Magway, Sagaing and Mandalay).