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WorldFish welcomes new E.U. fisheries policy
Friday, 7th June 2013
In a landmark step, the European Union has moved towards making commercial fishing more...
WorldFish celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity
Wednesday, 22nd May 2013
Freshwaters cover only 1% of the earth’s surface, yet they are home to over 10% of all animals...
Shahnaz is a role model for rural women in fish culture
Thursday, 9th May 2013
Shahnaz Dewan, a former elected member of local government, lives in Adabari village in Tangail...

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New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions
Thursday, 16th May 2013
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Thursday 16 May, 2013...
Timor-Leste to tackle poverty and malnutrition with aquaculture
Wednesday, 24th April 2013
The government of Timor-Leste has developed a National Aquaculture Development...

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Archive

Source: Expiscor   Reflections from Stephen Hall, Director-General, WorldFish in response to Sam Eaton’s Scaling up: Vietnamese fish farms search for eco-friendly formula. Originally published on Center for Investigative Reporting blog, As aquaculture booms, make room for small fish.   Sam Eaton presents a great picture of how catfish culture has evolved in Vietnam. His story...
Source: New Agriculturalist   Wetland environments, including freshwater floodplains and coastal deltas, can be highly productive; more than 700 million people around the world depend directly on them, whether for crop production, fishing, livestock rearing or other natural resources. But wetland livelihoods typically face a myriad of constraints, and increasingly extreme and unpredictable...
          Coral Triangle Maps of the Month The Coral Triangle Maps of the Month is a bi-weekly email that showcases various maps that highlight the diversity and uniqueness of the Coral Triangle region. The maps also show some of the pressing issues that are threatening...
Source: Livestock and Fish   Senior management leaders from ILRI and WorldFish came together on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 August at WorldFish headquarters in Penang, to share their experiences and lessons as partners in the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish (L&F).   As in building any partnership it was a great opportunity to track current progress, and identify any...
Source: Livestock & Fish   WorldFish recently hosted a workshop on value chains, which aimed to provide a common understanding of what value chains are, and develop a cohesive approach to working with them.   Spanning two days, the workshop brought together experts from across the WorldFish research divisions and country offices, and was a great opportunity to assess the type of...
A woman prepares dried fish in Bangladesh, photo by WorldFish 2007. WorldFish and SPRING Bangladesh signed a Letter of Collaboration (LOC) on Wednesday 08 August, signifying their commitment to work together to improve the nutritional status of women and young children in the Barisal and Khulna divisions.   The collaboration will help promote the consumption and sale of nutrient-...
A fish farmer casting his net. Khulna, Bangladesh. Photo by Jeya Jeevan, 2012Source: The Financial Express   A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in the city Monday between WorldFish and Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) for persuasion of joint activities for the growth of sustainable aquaculture, reports BSS.   Under this MoU, joint promotional activities including...
Source: The Phnom Pehn Post - by Joe Freeman and Kim Yuthana   A new long-term project aims to boost fish stocks in rice fields. That was not a typo.   For years, rice farmers in Cambodia have swept up fish – as well as frogs, snails and other aquatic fauna – that make their way from streams, canals and floodplains into rice fields. They then sell the fresh catches on the side or eat...
An update on the WorldFish project, “Stung Treng Ramsar Site in Cambodia – Integrating Fisheries Management and Wetlands Conservation”, is found in the latest issue of The Babbler, No. 41 (April - June  2012). Please view the online version below (pages 29-30) or download The Babbler, No. 41 (PDF, 3.7 MB).      
Source: Expiscor   This commentary was written and posted at http://t.co/Pj33Ihi0 in response to an Opinion piece by Roger Bradbury that appeared in the New York Times on July 13th 2012.  You can find the original opinion article at http://nyti.ms/SsXfT9.   Roger Bradbury’s apocalyptic vision for certain death of the worlds coral reefs clearly runs contrary to the views of the most...

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