Expansion of Egypt’s aquaculture industry has been matched by the development of a large number of tilapia hatcheries all producing sex-reversed all-male fry and fingerlings. In order to map the fish seed value chain in Egypt, operators of fifty tilapia hatcheries in four governorates (Kafr el-Sheikh, Behera, Sharkia and Fayoum) were interviewed. Tilapia hatcheries use a range of technologies, from simple hapa-based systems in open ponds to heated, greenhouse-covered, tanks systems to advance and lengthen the spawning season.

Between November 2016 and December 2017, WorldFish surveyed the Auki fish market, in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. The objectives of the survey were to: (i) document the species, volumes and values of fish sold at Auki market, and the fishing grounds where this fish was caught; (ii) document and describe the fisheries that supply the biggest market in Malaita Province; and (iii) support the Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources (MFMR) in establishing a baseline of the fisheries in Malaita.

Data file (Report-DCatl16-2344) containing 3048 SNP and 4726 silicoDArT genotype scores and respective marker sequence and metadata information for 841 Catla catla samples. Samples were taken from the candidate founders of the WorldFish rohu breeding population in Bangladesh.

The aim of this study was to assess the seasonal variation of food consumption, particularly fish consumption and intra-household food distribution in the urban area of Dhaka City, using a panel study. A three-round seasonal panel survey on food consumption be conducted over one year to assess the seasonal variation of food consumption and intra-household food distribution among the urban poor. A weighted 24-hour dietary recall was used to collect the individual consumption as well household consumption data.

In-shore fisheries play a critical role in the economies of the Pacific Islands. But national governments have been preoccupied with the development and regulation of off-shore tuna fisheries for export. Belatedly, governments in the region are recognizing the importance of coastal fisheries for rural development and food security. In 2015, the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders endorsed the ‘New Song for coastal fisheries’, committing themselves to refocus the efforts of their country’s fisheries agencies.

Between April and August 2018, 822 people (472 men and 350 women) were interviewed in seven provinces on the incidence and characteristics of saltwater crocodile attacks on humans in Solomon Islands. The results are alarming: a total of 225 crocodile attacks on people were recorded. Thirty-six percent of these attacks are fatal. Without effective measures to ensure people’s safety, it’s likely that the frequency of saltwater crocodile attacks will increase in the coming years.

In 2015, WorldFish (WF) was funded by LIFT to implement the “Promoting the sustainable growth of aquaculture in Myanmar to improve food security and incomes for communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta and Central Dry Zone” (MYCulture project). The project aims at testing, identifying and scaling up suitable aquaculture technologies for rural stakeholders in the Ayeyarwady Delta (hereafter referred to as Delta) and three regions of the Central Dry Zone (CDZ) (Magway, Sagaing and Mandalay).

In 2017, local data-collectors recorded information on fish catches in 12 villages in Malaita Province, representing the main littoral habitats and zones. A total of 10,583 fishing trips were recorded over a period of 14 months, yielding 340 marine species. Data was collected in the framework of the ADB-funded project ‘Strengthening community-based natural resource management to safeguard food security in Malaita Province’ (TA 7753).

The dataset was collected from a sub-sample of private firms providing aquaculture services and products in Lusaka and Southern Provinces of Zambia, where the bulk of medium-to-larger scale private firms are located. The private firms identified for this assessment refer to key commercial players along the aquaculture value chain that are active and have the potential to invest in developing the aquaculture sector in Zambia, and specifically to be an important source of employment for students training in Fisheries Science at TEVET and higher-learning institutions.

Evaluation of Oxford Nanopore Technology Minion for genome sequencing of aquatic pathogens. Folder contains a curated, complete reference-quality genome of Streptococcus iniae, an important bacterial pathogen of tilapia and other warm water fish species, assembled from PacBio and Illumina HiSeq data. The same strain (QMA0248) was sequenced using ONT Minion and an assembly prepared from subsampled reads to provide ~100 fold coverage. For comparison, alignment of the two assemblies was performed in progressive mauve single nucleotides polymorphisms (SNPs) called.