Shem Oirere

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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Zanzibar, Tanzania-based seafood firm Zanzibar Seaweed Company (ZASCO) recently signed an agreement with a financial lender to back the expansion of seaweed-processing infrastructure in the region. The agreement will see NMB Bank extend loans to small-scale seaweed farmers who are affiliated with… Read More

Saudi Arabia’s fisheries department wants to increase fish output in the Middle Eastern country to 230,000 metric tons (MT) in 2024, aiming to bridge the huge gap between the country’s current supply and its demand with more domestic production. According to Hussein Al-Nazari, the head… Read More

Mozambique has signed a financing agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) worth USD 63 million (EUR 57.6 million) to support artisanal fishers up and down the East African country’s coastline.

The agreement, announced 1 March, paves the way for financial support of the Artisanal Fisheries Resilient Development Project, which helps address constraints faced by Mozambican artisanal fishers in increasing

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Chile has become the latest country to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) and the first country ranked in the top ten of global fishing output to do so, while Madagascar and Cabo Verde have published updated fisheries data online, helping both nations inch closer to meeting transparency requirements under FiTI’s internationally recognized standard.

FiTI, a Seychelles-based nonprofit that aims to bolster sustainability in

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Emma Glassco, the director of Liberia’s fisheries regulatory body – the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) – has rejected calls for her resignation over allegations of corruption ranging from the illegal dismissal of NaFAA workers to unfair treatment of onboard observers.

In response to these calls, Glassco has requested the formation of an independent committee – organized by the executive arm of the

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Namibia recently wrapped up a fishery quota auction featuring over 25,000 metric tons (MT) of horse mackerel.

The auction was completed as scheduled despite recent concerns about the transparency and sustainability of the country’s auction system.

Among many other initiatives, the auction of government-controlled horse mackerel quota by the Namibian Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries

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