Algeria and Mauritania have expressed willingness to develop cooperation in the fishing sector by promoting scientific research and exchange of expertise

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification has been awarded to a leading Madagascan shrimp farm, located in Mahajamba, on the north-west coast

Overfishing by foreign vessels is driving many species towards extinction and destroying the livelihoods of fishing communities in countries such as Ghana, Liberia and Mauritania, said the London-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

The Nigerian government plans to boost local production of species, in an attempt to reduce the import of fish

Small, fast growing wild fish could be crucial allies in the race to end hunger in some of the world's most chronically poor and underfed regions, according to an FAO report