Discover our latest success stories, stories from the field, blogs, and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts. Through evidence-based storytelling, we examine and report on WorldFish work towards transforming aquatic food systems for healthy people and the planet.

The transition from an extractive to a regenerative model will rely on systemic political and economic shifts. Photo by Sean Lee Kuan Shern

Asia's 'blue capital' can help alleviate hunger and poverty

Posted by WorldFish - 5 minutes read

aquatic food systems, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Sustainability

Plastic pollutants collected by Blue Guards. Photo by Md. Asaduzzaman.

Working with Blue Guards to protect the marine biodiversity in Bangladesh

Posted by Md. Asaduzzaman - 3 minutes read

Biodiversity conservation, Ecosystem, Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Water pollution

The polyculture of small and large fish species in the homestead ponds in Zambia would offer a direct source of food for household consumption rather than farming tilapia strictly for markets. Photo by Lulu Middleton.

Diversifying fish species and sources provide a flexible pathway to food and nutrition security

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 4 minutes read

nutrition-sensitive approach, aquatic foods, Food security, Nutrition security

Betty Muleya. Photo by WorldFish.

A community health worker becomes a FishFirst! Zambia champion and local catalyst for change

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read

Small fish, aquatic foods, Nutrition, Growth

Taking the climate fight to the oceans and aquatic foods

Posted by WorldFish - 6 minutes read

climate, aquatic foods, ocean

Breathing new life into FishBase and SeaLifeBase

Posted by Neil Palmer - 5 minutes read

Research, Data, aquatic foods, Technology

tilapia

Improving aquaculture with genomics resources for breeders

Posted by WorldFish - 1 minute read

Aquaculture, Genetics, genomics, Resilience

WorldFish identified forum theater as a gender transformative tool to help overcome the normative constraints that are holding women back. Photo by S.M. Faridul Haque

Addressing gender inequalities through forum theater

Posted by S. M. Faridul Haque , Afrina Choudhury - 7 minutes read

Gender, Gender-transformative approaches, Aquaculture, Women's empowerment

Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al-Sayed El-Quseir in discussions with high-level CGIAR representatives at COP27. Photo by The Republic.

El-Quseir discussed with CGIAR representatives ways to benefit from international alliances

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read

Agricultural research, climate

rice fish farming

Rear fish in a rice paddy? Old ways can future-proof food production

Posted by WorldFish - 3 minutes read

Aquatic Agricultural Systems, Research, innovation, Resilience

WorldFish’s Eddie Allison was named among the top 0.1 percent of researchers by Clarivate in 2020, 2021 and 2022, measured by the number of times other scientists cite his work in their research publications.

WorldFish scientist named among top researchers for third year running

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 2 minutes read

Research

John Benzie received recognition for his groundbreaking genetic studies on crown-of-thorns seastars in the 1990s and early 2000s

Crown-of-thorns seastar named after WorldFish scientist

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 2 minutes read

Research, Genetics, Coral reefs

Nigerian Aquaculture: Status, Prospects, and Future Growth Workshop

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read

Aquaculture, Employment, Poverty reduction, Nutrition

Seaweed is able to sequester an average of 173 megatons of carbon annually worldwide. Photo by Asad Rassel.

Unlocking opportunities for climate action toward net zero requires a blue transition

Posted by Peerzadi Rumana Hossain - 7 minutes read

Climate Action, Policies, climate, Inclusion

: Tilapia is the second most important farmed fish globally, next to carps, and some regard it as the most important aquaculture species of the 21st century. Photo by WorldFish.

Tilapia aquaculture: Potential for India in meeting food, nutritional and livelihood security

Posted by Modadugu Vijay Gupta - 7 minutes read

Research, innovation, aquatic foods, Food security

Traditional fishing boat in Mahanadi river Odisha. Photo by Sourabh Dubey.

COP27 can help the world achieve blue prosperity

Posted by Essam Yassin Mohammed , WorldFish - 5 minutes read

Climate Action, Climate change adaptation, Climate change mitigation

Partners from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines attended the Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative (AMD) Research Planning and Design Workshop in WorldFish, Penang. Photo by Sam

Nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems for resilient and sustainable Asian mega-deltas

Posted by Ben Wismen - 5 minutes read

Nutrition-sensitive, Deltas, Agri-food systems, Partnerships

A bag of mola fry produced at Biswal Aquatech hatchery in Odisha. Photo by Rashmi Ranjan Das.

Cracking the code of mola mass production boosts nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in India

Posted by Francois Rajts, Sourabh Kumar Dubey, Ben Belton - 5 minutes read

Nutrition, Polyculture (aquaculture), Small fish

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted (middle), Vincent Doumeizel (second from left), and other members of the Safe Seaweed Coalition presenting in a side session during the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by Ben Wismen.

La revolution des algues: A seaweed revolution for a new future in sustainable food systems

Posted by Ben Wismen - 7 minutes read

Seaweed, Nutrition, Sustainability, Climate change

WorldFish, through the Matsya Paripusti project, aims to improve the nutrition profile of malnourished children and their physical and mental growth by advocating for the inclusion of nutrient-rich dried small fish powder in their mid-day meal program at the Anganwadi centers. Photo by Baishnaba Charan Ratha

Tackling malnutrition in children through the inclusion of dried small fish powder in their diets

Posted by Amar Gaikwad, Arun Padiyar Panemangalore , Baishnaba Charan Ratha - 3 minutes read

Nutrition, School feeding

Income generation by the youths in cage culture of tilapia in Lake Kivu, DRC. Photo by Janvier Mushangalusa.jpg

Eradicating poverty by nurturing the youth in aquaculture technologies

Posted by Bernadette Tosan Fregene , Agness Chileya - 4 minutes read

Youth employment, Aquaculture, Poverty reduction