Cape Town, South Africa-based Oceana Group Limited has announced the appointment of Trevor Giles as its interim chief operating officer
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Brazil has reached an agreement with the Moroccan government that will allow it to export more fisheries products to the North African nation ...
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Persistent illegal fishing is hampering the growth of Rwanda’s landlocked fishing industry, which currently produces an estimated 26,730 tons of fish – far below an earlier-envisaged national goal of 112,000 tons, which would have met an increasing demand from expanding rural and urban populations by 2020.
Rwanda, which has an estimated population of 12.6 million people, currently relies on Tanzania and Uganda for fish imports, some
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Africa’s largest fishing company, Oceana Group, has announced the resignation of its chief operating officer and executive director Elton Bosch barely eight months after he was appointed to the position …
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The World Bank has issued a preparatory project advance of USD 3.7 million (EUR 3.4 million) to Liberia out of a planned USD 40 million (EUR 36.3 million) fisheries agreement between the bank and the country aimed at supporting sustainable management of fisheries, improved post-harvest practices, and revamping of aquaculture in the West African nation.
The advance financing will, among other things, support the approved rehabilitation and
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The Seychelles is anticipating a temporary interruption of some of its fishing activities, especially those relying on financing under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with the European Union, which expired on 17 January.
Although negotiations for a new six-year SFPA and protocol were concluded in October 2019, the resulting document is yet to be signed because of delays by the relevant European Union Council working party
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Comoros was one of three African countries picked to benefit from the ongoing first phase of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth (SWIOFish 1) program, but the country is still grappling with serious economic and social constraints that will require drastic governance reforms if the project is to achieve its objectives by 2021.
Comoros, also known as the Comoro Islands, is an archipelago of volcanic islands off
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The decision by Uganda to tackle illegal fishing on Lake Victoria with use of a specialized unit of the country’s military has run into problems after the country’s parliament halted the team’s work over allegations that violations of the human rights of fishing communities had occurred.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit (UPDF-FPU) was commissioned in early 2017 to fight the use of unauthorized
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South Africa’s University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a collaborative research project focusing on increasing the healthy aquaculture production in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that contributes a mere two percent share to the overall global farmed fish output.
The “One Health” project entails research and the promotion of healthy feeds that boost the immune systems of fish raised in aquaculture, in order to counter the
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Mauritius is implementing a fisheries and aquaculture reform program to empower small-scale businesses along the fishing industry value chain, revamp the country’s marine fish stocks, and promote aquaculture through more public private partnerships.
The Indian Ocean island nation, which derives 1.5 percent of its GDP growth from the fishing industry, expects that by the end of current fiscal year it will be in possession of accurate data
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