Shem Oirere

Tanzania reported a decline in the value of its fish and fish product exports for the three months ending 31 March 2024, as the country grappled with falling output from key freshwater fisheries, inadequate access to quality feed and fingerlings, and persistent instances of illegal, unreported,… Read More

Accra, Ghana-based aquaculture company Tropo Farms plans to incrementally increase its annual fish output to 30,000 metric tons (MT) over the next five years, pursuing external investments in production equipment and processing to do so.

Before pursuing investment, the company began auditing its internal processes, aiming to make them as efficient as possible before turning externally for growth. That process of streamlining production

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A recently launched fish welfare project for small-scale tilapia producers in Egypt is aiming to reduce fish mortality rates by up to 10 percent, shrink production costs, and ensure products meet the standards of key export markets. 

The Egypt Tilapia Welfare project, spearheaded by Glasgow, Scotland-based Ethical Seafood Research (ESR) with the support of Oxford, England-based FAI Farms, is focused on improving the production practices of

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The West African country of Benin has launched a USD 36.4 million (EUR 33.7 million) aquaculture project aimed at increasing its domestic fish output and improving the sustainability of the country’s marine and inland fish-farming practices.

Approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB), which is serving as the leading financier on the project, the initiative, referred to as “Project to Promote Aquaculture and the Competitiveness

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Africa has the potential to increase its freshwater fishery output by at least 1 million metric tons (MT) annually by reviewing current regulations on harvesting, according to a new report. The report from the African Natural Resources Management and Investment Center (ANRC) said the continent… Read More

Year-over-year fish production in Kenya declined in 2023 as the country’s freshwater fisheries – where most of the country’s fishery production occurs – continued to deal with environmental stressors and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, among… Read More

London, U.K.-based technology startup Aqsen Innovations has picked Lake Victoria as the spot to trial its aquaculture sensor system, Aquasense, in an attempt to help fish farmers properly and quickly monitor water quality. “Initial trials have also successfully been undertaken at fish farms… Read More

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Investment has punished an importing company that was found selling expired seafood, arresting 13 of the firm’s workers. The unnamed company altered products’ expiry dates on packaging, a practice flagged by Saudi Arabia’s… Read More

Ghana’s Trades Union Congress (TUC), a country-wide body with membership that includes various workers’ organizations, has released a policy concerning workers’ rights in the nation’s fishing industry. The policy, “Workers Policy on Decent Work in Fishing in… Read More

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is proposing a review of fisheries agreements the West African country has signed with foreign entities to ensure the deals are more responsive to overfishing and its impact on small-scale fishers.

Faye, who was sworn in on 2 May 2024, said another goal of auditing the country’s maritime fisheries regulations is curbing IUU fishing that has proliferated along Senegal’s coastal waters.

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