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    • Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt

      Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt

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      Preliminary lessons from COVID-19 disruptions of small-scale fishery supply chains

    • Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions

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      Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

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    Scenery in Prek Toal on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by Eric Baran, WorldFish.

    4th Mekong River Commission Summit

    02/04/2023 - 05/04/2023
    Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by Sharon Suri, WorldFish.

    2023 Ocean Visions Biennial Summit

    04/04/2023 - 06/04/2023
    Front cover / Lake Turkana Washing Fish. Photo by Patrick Dugan, WorldFish.

    2023 Kenya Food Systems Conference: Recommend…

    04/04/2023 - 05/04/2023
    Protecting and enforcing inshore exclusive zones for small-scale fisheries. Photo by Movilizatorio, WorldFish.

    4th Global Conference of the One Planet Netwo…

    24/04/2023 - 27/04/2023

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    • The ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) takes into account the entire ecosystem and seeks to balance the social, economic and environmental aspects of fisheries management. Photo: Md. Asaduzzaman

      Employing an ecosystem approach to fisheries management to p…

    • A women-led fish harvesting group in Rowangchhari, Bandarban. Photo: WorldFish, Bangladesh

      Mainstreaming women’s participation in aquaculture for susta…

    • WorldFish and the Government of Odisha signed a new 5-year agreement to empower women in Odisha through aquatic foods production. Photo: Department of Mission Shakti.

      Partnering with Odisha Government to empower women through a…

    • Press Release: 3rd public-private-partnership fish hatchery…

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LATEST PROJECTS

May 2022 - Jan 2023

Protecting and enforcing inshore exclusive zones for small-scale fisheries: Leveraging…

"Small-scale fisheries (SSF), also known as artisanal fisheries, play an important role in many coastal communities around the world…

Jul 2022 - Jun 2027

Development And Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan…

WorldFish is managing the project titled “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Sah…

Bangladesh

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

Harnessing Machine Learning to Estimate Aquaculture Production and Value Chain Performance in…

The Harnessing Machine Learning project is funded by the USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. There are three main…

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

ECOFISH supported coastal fishing communities and other fisheries' value chain stakeholders to improve the resilience of the Meghna…

Myanmar, Zambia

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

Nutrient-rich small fish production, processing and marketing in Myanmar and Zambia (SPM)

The development and marketing of food products enhanced with dried small fish offers a novel solution to address major nutritional p…

carp polyculture

India, Bangladesh

Mar 2021 - Feb 2024

Taking nutrition-sensitive carp-SIS polyculture technology to scale

Fish is an irreplaceable source of micronutrients in diets in many developing countries, where large numbers of vulnerable people be…

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Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana
Journal Article

Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana

Profitability, COVID-19
Jan 2023
Economic performance characterization of intensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming systems in Bangladesh
Journal Article

Economic performance characterization of intensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming systems in Bangladesh

Ali, H., Rahman, M.M., Jaman, A., Basak, S.K.

Profitability, Production costs
Apr 2022
Profitability and perceived resilience benefits of integrated shrimp-tilapia-seaweed aquaculture in North Central Coast, Vietnam
Journal Article

Profitability and perceived resilience benefits of integrated shrimp-tilapia-seaweed aquaculture in North Central Coast, Vietnam

Van Tran, N., Shikuku, K.M.

Climate change, Climate change adaptation
Sep 2020
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Dato’ Adnan bin Hussain has been appointed the twelfth director general of Department of Fisheries, Malaysia. Photo: Department of Fisheries, Malaysia

WorldFish congratulates new Malaysian Director General of Fisheries

Posted by WorldFish - 1 minute read

Partnerships

A worker feeds the Abbassa strain Nile tilapia reared in WorldFish's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in Abbassa, Egypt. Photo by WorldFish.

Exploring new possibilities with artificial intelligence-powered aquaculture systems in Egypt

Posted by Menna Mosbah - 4 minutes read

Technology, Aquaculture, Ai (artificial intelligence), Fisheries

2023 International Women’s Day

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