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Welcome to the WorldFish Center



Dr. Stephen Hall
Director General

On behalf of WorldFish, I warmly welcome you to our corporate website.

The WorldFish Center is an international, non-profit research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture.  WorldFish is one of the 15 members of the CGIAR Consortium. The CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development with funders, including governments, foundations, and international and regional organizations. CGIAR research is dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger, improving human health and nutrition, and enhancing ecosystem resilience.
 
Recognizing the opportunities that fisheries and aquaculture offer for the poor, the hungry and the vulnerable, we at WorldFish are committed to meeting two key development challenges:
 
  1. To improve the livelihoods of those who are especially poor and vulnerable in places where fisheries and aquaculture can make a difference.
     
  2. To achieve large scale, environmentally sustainable increases in supply and access to fish, at affordable prices, for poor consumers in developing countries.
 
To meet these challenges our research focuses on generating and synthesizing knowledge which we then share and help apply.
 
From new syntheses and analysis to targeted, on the ground delivery and knowledge sharing, our technologies, products and services help to make development happen while learning how to do it better. With more than 200 staff, including 36 Ph.D. scientists, based in 8 countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific we work in more than 19 countries around the world. Currently our regional or country offices are in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Malawi, Malaysia (HQ), Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Zambia.
 
WorldFish’s mission touches the lives of millions of people whose lives and livelihoods depend on fish. We are proud of our role in reducing poverty and increasing food and nutrition security through fisheries and aquaculture.
 

WorldFish value statement
These are principles by which we operate as an organization

Key performance goals
Each year we set goals for funding, research impact and professional development

Board of Trustees
The Board directs the management of the Center and provides strategic guidance on research and funding
CGIAR
The CGIAR is a strategic partnership dedicated to advancing science to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience. Its research is carried out by 15 International Agricultural Research Centers, working in close collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org
 

CGIAR represented the ‘Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’ from its inception in 1971 until 2008, when it redefined itself as a global partnership. To reflect this transformation and yet retain its roots, the CGIAR has kept the acronym as a name. The new CGIAR is more efficient, more accountable, and more open to effective collaboration with other organizations.