Shem Oirere

The growth of Egypt’s aquaculture industry and, therefore, the country’s seafood consumption have been hampered by high inflation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

According to a recent USDA analysis of Egypt’s aquaculture market, surging inflation is the main reason for a 45 percent increase in fish and seafood prices between 2022 and 2024 that has suppressed Egypt’s fish consumption per capita by

Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and Zambia have jointly unveiled a USD 14.5 million (EUR 13.3 million) project to evaluate and tackle threats to the biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika.

The “Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Land Management, and Enhanced Water Security in Lake Tanganyika Basin” project, unveiled in late February and financed by multilateral environmental fund Global Environment

Uganda’s proposed plan to restock fish populations in the nation’s lakes and rivers has been met with criticism from fisheries organizations and some members of the Ugandan parliament (MPs) who insist the program fails to address the real causes of fish depletion in the nation’s fisheries.

The Ugandan Parliamentary Budget Committee is seeking the support of MPs to allocate UGX 23 billion (USD 6.2 million, EUR 5.8 million)

Kenya’s government has announced plans to repeal and replace the country’s fisheries act soon after it shelved contentious aquaculture licensing regulations.

The East African nation’s existing Fisheries Management and Development Act, originally introduced in 2016, has been criticized for, among other issues, a lack of clarity regarding how the national government and the 47 counties in the nation should delegate and manage

Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) Emma Glassco and directed that a probe be launched into allegations of corruption at the government agency.

According to the president, Glassco’s suspension was “due to managerial and financial inefficiencies and insulting behavior.”

“This conduct, considered unbecoming of a public official, was

After initiating restructuring plans, dealing with personnel shifts, and sustaining several quarters in a row of mounting losses, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Saudi Fisheries Company said it has now set its sights on full financial recovery.

The company said in a statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange it had accumulated losses of up to SAR 333 million (USD 88.7 million, EUR 81.8 million) as of 30 September 2024, which was equivalent to around 83

The administration of U.S. Donald Trump has set plans in motion to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), attempting to freeze key funding for programs around the world aimed at global economic growth, democratic reform, and reducing poverty.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly USD 2 billion (EUR 1.85 billion) in foreign aid on 5 March, that funding is not guaranteed to

During the 2024 edition of the Aquaculture Africa Conference, which was held last November in Hammamet, Tunisia, aquaculture executives founded the Africa Aquaculture Business Leaders Network (AABLN) to accelerate the sustainable growth of fish farming across the continent. 

The establishment of the AABLN is being guided by the U.K.-based Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), a leadership initiative focused on improving sustainability in the

Emelia Arthur, Ghana’s new fisheries and aquaculture development minister, has pledged to address accusations of high-level corruption in the West African nation’s fisheries sector, a lack of transparency, and other concerns that were raised when the European Union issued the country a second yellow card in 2021.

The minister, who succeeds Hawa Koomson in the role, told a parliamentary vetting committee ahead of her late January