The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$560,000 contribution from the US State Department to support the WFP’s innovative fish farm in Algeria’s Tindouf refugee camps
Aquaculture
Fish farming project in Northern Niger boosts local economy
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has completed a fish farming project in Bilma, in the Kawar region in northern Niger, to benefit more than 6,500 people through its Community Stabilisation Initiatives in Northern Niger (COSINN) project, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office
Malawi receives US$$13.2mn for fisheries and aquaculture development project
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$13.2mn financing package for a fisheries and aquaculture development project in Malawi
British retailer Tesco updates farmed salmon standards
Tesco PLC is updating its salmon standards to increase the use of more sustainable aquafeed ingredients like EPA & DHA rich algal oil
ASC releases revisions for freshwater trout and salmon standard
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has updated salmon standard and freshwater trout standard following a rigorous multi-stakeholder and science-based review process