Shem Oirere

The South Africa Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a ban implemented by the country’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) on the use of drones used for fishing purposes in an attempt to protect the country’s marine fish populations.

In doing so, the court dismissed an appeal case filed against the DFFE by several business entities involved in the manufacture, import, market, and selling of angling

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Female seaweed farmers operating in the Western Indian Ocean will have access to private-sector financing through a new project that will support them in introducing farming technology, both boosting the resilience of their enterprises against the adverse impacts of climate change and increasing production of high-quality seaweed.

At least 25,000 female seaweed farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique will have access to the financing between

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Two United Nations agencies have been partnering together since 2019 to promote aquaculture in Africa as an effective way to reduce unemployment and underemployment among the continent’s youth.

Approximately 400 million youth in Africa are either unemployed or underemployed, according to Africa Union stats. To address this, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) teamed

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Three African seafood startups have been selected to receive a portion of a USD 550,000 (EUR 500,000) financing pool aimed at supporting climate-resilience solutions across the continent. Kenyan startup Samaking, which aims to decrease barriers to entry for aquaculturists in Africa; Madagascan… Read More

Madagascar recently unveiled a five-year national action plan outlining measures the country can take to increase fish production volumes in order to meet an anticipated rise in seafood demand from its growing population. The plan, launched by the southeast African country’s Ministry of… Read More

A dwindling supply of the ingredients needed to manufacture fish feed has Namibian aquaculture operations scrambling to find ways to attain feed fast enough to support the nation’s ambitious aquaculture growth plan. Namibia Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Sylvia Makgone… Read More

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based seafood marketing company Seafood Souq recently signed a partnership that would see it become the sole distributor of seafood products produced by Newsan Food, an affiliate of Argentinean electronic manufacturing company Newsan. Seafood Souq, a global tech firm… Read More

Artisanal fishers in the Seychelles have received a boost to their trade with the opening of a SCR 23.5 million (USD 1.6 million, EUR 1.5 million) seafood facility, backed by financing from the European Union-Seychelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA).

The facility, located in Anse aux Pins, an administrative district on the Seychelles island of Mahé, contains a new fish market for traders, many of whom have been

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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a new fisheries minister following the general election that took place in the country in June. Dion George, who has been a member of South African Parliament since 2008, is the new minister of forestry, fisheries, and the environment, taking… Read More

Saudi Fisheries Company's (SFC) financial issues continue to intensify, as the aquaculture firm’s accumulated losses by the end of the first quarter of 2024 spiked to SAR 265 million (USD 70.6 million, EUR 65.5 million) – equivalent to 66 percent of ‎the company’s capital – according to the company’s recently published interim results.

Additionally, SFC’s debts by 31 March 2024 exceeded the

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