Shem Oirere

Environmental NGOs ClientEarth and Oceana are suing the nation of Spain for refusing to cooperate in investigations into illegal fishing activities off the coasts of Senegal and Guinea Bissau by Spanish-owned and -flagged fishing vessels.

Nils Courcy, a senior lawyer on ClientEarth’s Marine Ecosystems team, said in a statement the claims against the Spanish-owned vessels are backed by data from maritime intelligence and vessel-tracking

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A project in Oman aimed at developing fish feed featuring the aquatic fern azolla as its main ingredient has moved closer to reality after the Zubair Enterprise Development Center, an Omani business management consultancy firm, completed an economic feasibility study on the initiative. The… Read More

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based seafood company Saudi Fisheries has fired CEO Mahmoud Abdel-Hay and announced a replacement, marking the fourth such change in under three years and the firm’s latest attempt to restructure.

The company has replaced Abdel-Hay with Rayan Mohammed Al-Mansour, who the firm’s board said has more than 20 years “of practical experience in executive leadership and [has held] operational positions in the

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Zambia and Kyrgyzstan have been picked to benefit from a program spearheaded by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aimed at boosting the aquatic production of landlocked countries. The four-year USD 3.9 million (EUR 3.4 million) “Sustainable Fish Value Chains… Read More

Namibia is reforming the structure of its fisheries and aquaculture management to cut on expenditures, according to the nation's president. However, the reorganization announcement comes shortly after recently-appointed Fisheries Minister Mac-Albert Hengari  – who had only been on the… Read More

The government of Zimbabwe has concluded public consultations on a new bill seeking to streamline the regulation and management of the Southern African nation’s fisheries, as well as standardizing fish production and handling procedures in its aquaculture operations. The Zimbabwean Fisheries… Read More

Madagascar reported a decrease in its shrimp exports for 2024, following trends that other shrimp-producing countries experienced last year.

Malagasy Minister of Fisheries and the Blue Economy Paubert Mahatante said the island nation’s value of shrimp exports dropped from USD 26.6 million (EUR 23.4 million) in 2023 to USD 22.5 million (EUR 19.8 million) in 2024. In tandem with the drop in value, the country also reported a 17 percent dip

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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

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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

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Despite a recent change of government in the West African country of Ghana, Norway has reiterated its ongoing commitment to supporting Ghana’s marine fisheries and aquaculture growth strategy. Since 2019, the Norwegian government has offered support to the Ghanaian Fisheries Commission,… Read More