More than 40 tilapia fish value chain experts and stakeholders convened at the shores of Lake Kariba for a multi-stakeholder partnership meeting to measure, learn and improve sector strategy performance and coordination
Aquaculture
Tunisia fishers receive equipment from TIKA
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia provided equipment to 80 fishers who are members of the Arous Al-Bouhayra Cooperative (SMSA) catching eels in Tunisia to help improve the existing capacity and increase the income of fishers by allowing the direct sales of products
Emma Glassco extends support towards women empowerment in Liberia's aquaculture sector
At the virtual closing ceremony of events marking the 2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa, Emma Metieh Glassco, head of Liberia’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), who served as a panelist at the ceremony remarked that her leadership had taken giant strides to empower women in Liberias fisheries and aquaculture sector
ASC releases first SDG report
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has released a report that looks at how responsible aquaculture can contribute to the United Nation’s (UN’s) 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and also develops a methodology to quantify how ASC verifiably contributes to these goals
Youth’s challenges in artisanal fisheries and aquaculture discussed at IYAFA 2022
Themes including the need for African governments to have youth-focused fisheries policies, came strongly to the fore as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) brought experts and activists together to consider the future for Africa’s young people in artisanal industries