Virtual Webinar: Improving Research Engagement to Support Policy and Institutional Change

This webinar introduced a new rubric to assess opportunities for research partnerships to inform public policies or strengthen institutions for effective policy implementation in small-scale fisheries in Myanmar (national level) and Pacific Islands region and sub-Saharan Africa (regional level) .

Date: Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Time: 10:00 – 11:00 (EDT) / 22:00-23:00 (UTC+8)

Fish for Africa Innovation Hub: Partners’ and Investors’ Forum

WorldFish will be organizing Fish for Africa Innovation Hub Forum; Partners’ and Investors’ Forum on 17 & 18 June 2019​ at Marriott Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

The Fish For Africa Innovation Hub will position fish at the heart of discourse, policy and practice in order to support national and regional priorities to meet Africa’s food and nutrition security needs, while supporting the continent’s effort to build a sustainable and inclusive blue economy, rich in equal opportunities benefiting both the people and the environment.

Global events: World Fisheries Day 2018

Today, 21 November, fishing communities around the globe are marking World Fisheries Day.

Despite the growth of aquaculture, small-scale capture fisheries will continue to supply most of the fish consumed in much of the developing world in the coming decades. The majority of these fisheries are small-scale, operating in rivers, lakes, wetlands, coral reefs and estuaries in coastal seas, and provide livelihoods for millions of people.

Country events: Inauguration of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model GIFT Hatchery in Timor Leste

The Inauguration of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model GIFT Hatchery will be held today, 7 June 2019 at Leihitu, Bobonaro, Timor-Leste. The Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) hatchery will be inaugurated by H. E. Joaquim Martins Gusmao and H.E. Philip Hewitt, Ambassador of New Zealand.