Shem Oirere

Namibia has partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to address food loss and waste in the country’s fisheries sector by adding value to fish byproducts – including heads, internal organs, skins, and frames.

The partnership, which was established under the Namibia Ocean Cluster – an initiative modeled on Iceland’s Ocean Cluster – aims to connect entrepreneurs, businesses, and fishers to develop shared expertise

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A group of small-scale fishers in South Africa have accused the country’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) of corruption and discrimination through the deployment of its fishing rights allocation (FRA) system, claiming that they have been cast aside in attaining rights while those with upper-class connections in the country receive more favorable treatment.

The group, interviewed where they work in Cape

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Egypt's tilapia sector is expected to post year-over-year growth in both 2023 and 2024, marking a positive shift from the stagnant output the North African country’s aquaculture sector has reported since 2020, according to a joint report from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) and Rabobank.

Specifically, the report, which references data from the GSA and Dutch banking and financial services provider Rabobank, estimates Egyptian tilapia

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Tanzania’s seaweed production increased by more than 52 percent year over year in Q3 2023 as the sector took advantage of higher prices and lower costs for export permits, thanks to an initiative the country’s government instituted in June.

Statistics from the Bank of Tanzania show the nation's seaweed production during the period reached 3,972 metric tons (MT) – a slight improvement over the 3,932 MT produced in Q2 2023. The

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based aquaculture company Saudi Fisheries Company (SFC) posted a 9.2 percent year-over-year increase in sales revenue for the nine months ending 30 September 2023, but accumulated losses have continued to pile up for the company, leading it to develop a plan to reverse its fortunes.

The company’s financial results covering the nine-month period show its revenue rose to SAR 42.7 million (USD 11.4 million, EUR 10.6

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The Volta River Authority (VRA) – the main supplier of electricity in Ghana – recently approved a controlled spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam in southeastern Ghana, and because of persistent rains and a lack of notice to aquaculture farmers in the area, small- and medium-cage fish enterprises downstream from the reservoir suffered heavy losses. Ghanaian Chamber of Aquaculture CEO Jacob Adzikah said the spillage of water may fully… Read More

In response to a regression of aquaculture production levels over the past seven years, Nigeria is teaming up with development partners to implement a catfish farming project aiming to reverse the downward trend.

Aquaculture production in the West African nation hit an all-time high of about 316,000 metric tons (MT) in 2015 but gradually declined to 290,000 MT in 2019 before spiraling to 261,700 MT in 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture

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Cape Town, South Africa-based Saldanha Protein Group has launched a major maintenance program to enhance the performance of its fishmeal and fish canning operations ahead of the country’s fishing season in Q1 2024..

Saldanha Protein Group General Manager Marthin Potgieter told SeafoodSource that the ongoing maintenance program at its St. Helena Bay-based factory on the country’s west coast entails replacing one of the fishmeal

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Cape Town, South Africa-based fish-processing company Oceana Group posted a 29 percent year-over-year increase in revenue for the fiscal year ending 30 September 2023, driven by an increase in global prices on nearly all of its products – particularly fish oil.

Oceana Chairman Mustaq Brey and CEO Neville Brink said in a joint statement issued on 27 November that a weaker South African rand that aided in export value, and a surge in revenue

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Kisumu, Kenya-based AquaRech recently received a USD 1.7 million (EUR 1.5 million) investment from Aqua-Spark to allow it to continue to develop a digital platform specifical designed for small-scale African aquaculture practitioners. The startup, founded in 2019, is innovating a mobile app that is helping fish farmers on Lake Victoria – the second-largest body of freshwater in the world – gain access to high-quality, affordable fish feed… Read More