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.

Sustaining aquaculture development in Egypt and the Middle East through partnerships with US Soy Export Council

Posted by Menna Mosbah - 4 minutes read
April 07, 2022

aquatic foods, aquatic food systems, Sustainability, Small-scale fisheries

women in zambia

Meet the Zambian women changing the frontiers of aquaculture

Posted by Agness Chileya - 4 minutes read
April 08, 2022

Aquaculture, women, Gender

Members of the Riyadh women fish retailers' committee in Kafr El Sheik, Egypt. Photo by Kate Bevitt.

Gender-inclusive innovations for aquatic food systems transformation

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
April 05, 2022

Gender, Youth, women

Catherine Mwema

In the Spotlight: Catherine Mwema

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
April 04, 2022

Women's empowerment, Gender, Development

A fish farmer in Mungwi district feeding fish with commercial feed. Photo by Catherine Mwema.

WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia

Posted by Catherine Mwema, Netsayi Mudege - 4 minutes read
March 31, 2022

Small-scale aquaculture, Aquaculture, Development

Burmese fish trader Daw Lae Lae Soe poses with her dried fish. Photo by Kyaw Moe Oo.

Inspiring Stories: Daw Lae Lae Soe

Posted by WorldFish - 6 minutes read
March 29, 2022

Gender, Resilient Small-scale fisheries, women, Fishery development

UN needs to recognize the urgency to save the ocean and the people

Posted by WorldFish - 1 minute read
March 23, 2022

Diversity is the fundamental principle to use

Posted by WorldFish - 1 minute read
April 06, 2022

aquatic food systems, Nutrition, Research

Fishing boat in Timor Leste. Photo by Jennifer King, 2012.

Deadlock over UN treaty for high seas keeps developing countries at a disadvantage

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 2 minutes read
March 19, 2022

WorldFish Interim Director General Essam Yassin Mohammed hands the Acting Director General of the Department of Fisheries a bag of WorldFish souvenirs while WorldFish Interim Director for Science and Research Eddie Allison looks ons. Photo by Sean Lee Kuan Shern

WorldFish Interim Director General pays courtesy visit to Malaysia’s Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Research Institute

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 4 minutes read
March 07, 2022

Aquaculture, Fisheries, Partnerships

Men paddle out to reef to catch fish in the Solomon Islands. Photo by Filip Milovac.

Championing equitable aquatic food systems at the 2022 One Ocean Summit

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
March 07, 2022

aquatic foods, Nutrition

Shaping a gender-inclusive COVID-19 response in aquatic food systems

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
March 06, 2022

Fisheries, Value chains, COVID-19, Gender

Hilsa conservation group in Bangladesh. Photo by Foto Agencies.

Empowering women as agents of change in hilsa conservation

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
March 04, 2022

Gender, Fisheries, Sustainability

Urgent action is needed to secure the future of millions who are at the frontline of increasing climate risks. Photo by Filip Milovac.

Aquatic foods offer a sea of opportunities to combat climate change

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 3 minutes read
March 03, 2022

Climate change, aquatic foods

Afrina Choudhury (left) conducting an in-depth interview in Khulna, Bangladesh. Photo by Md. Mezbah Uddin.

In the Spotlight: Afrina Choudhury

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid - 5 minutes read
March 01, 2022

Access and benefit sharing, Agrifood systems, Aquaculture, Equity

A fisher couple is harvesting sea weeds at Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. Photo by Aminul Islam, WorldFish

WorldFish spotlights resilient aquatic food systems at the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum  

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read

Oceans, blue economy

Rice-pond fisheries are an example of a food system focused not just on production but also nutritional outcomes. Photo by Fani Llauradó.

Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems

Posted by Kate McMahon - 6 minutes read
February 08, 2022

Food systems, aquatic food systems, Sustainability, Livelihoods

‘A huge benefit’: 2nd public-private-partnership tilapia hatchery opens in Lautem, Timor-Leste

‘A huge benefit’: 2nd public-private-partnership tilapia hatchery opens in Lautem, Timor-Leste

Posted by Kate Melinda Bevitt - 5 minutes read

Fish farming, Food security, Nutrition, Small-scale aquaculture

Zacari Edwards was a contributing author to the IHH Maldives case study.

Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Zacari Edwards

Posted by WorldFish - 5 minutes read
February 01, 2022

Sustainability, Sustainable Aquaculture, economy

Just before interviewing trap fishers in Seychelles to learn about their values and preferences, as well as their views on the blue economy. Photo by Marleen Schutter.

In the Spotlight: Marleen Schutter

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid - 4 minutes read
January 31, 2022

Oceans, blue economy, Governance, Equity

Women drying small fish before grinding them to powder. Photo by Finn Thilsted

WorldFish wins inaugural Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 4 minutes read
January 27, 2022

Nutrition, Food systems