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Business as usual not enough to meet future fish demand says new report
A new report notes that the world’s requirement for fish for human consumption in 2030 will exceed the 170 million metric ton trajectory of today’s production system by 62 million metric tons. Getting to Eden, a report from global action network Fishing ...
Type: Press Release
Contagious exploitation of fish stocks calls for re-thinking of global fisheries governance
Global marine resource exploitation can spread following patterns that are analogous to disease epidemics says a new paper by WorldFish and Stockholm Resilience Centre. The study highlights how the speed and connectivity of seafood commerce is challenging ...
Type: Press Release
Inclusive ecosystems? Women's participation in the aquatic ecosystem of Lake Malawi
Ecosystem services and their role in alleviating poverty are centered on a set of gendered social relations. The understanding of these relations between men and women in aquatic ecosystems can unveil gender-based opportunities and constraints along the ...
Type: Publication
How drones are helping WorldFish research in the Pacific
The role of fish and fisheries for the life of people in the Pacific is most evident when observing from above the sea of islands that make up this vast ocean space. It is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for island dwellers. ...
Type: Video
Prospects and challenges of fish for food security in Africa
Fish contribute to Africa's food and nutrition security, but future directions for the fish sector remain uncertain. Using a structural foresight modeling approach, this paper examines past, present, and future trends of fish supply and demand in ...
Type: Publication
Why marginality persists in a governable fishery: the case of New Zealand
This paper examines reproduction of marginality evident in fisheries. Uneven relations are widespread across geography and scale; between distant water fishing nations and coastal developing countries; between fishers on large-scale trawlers and smaller ...
Type: Publication
Fish supply and demand for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of the Zambian fish sector
The demand for fish in Sub-Saharan Africa, as driven by the trend of diet-shift to fish, economic and demographic growth, outstrips supply. The resulting fish deficit is drawing attention of policy makers as it poses threats to economic stability as well ...
Type: Publication
Building adaptive capacity to climate change; approaches applied in five diverse fisheries settings
Climate change poses a range of risks to coastal and inland rural communities in the global tropics. People living within these communities depend directly on physical and natural environments for income, food and their way of life. Development agencies, ...
Type: Publication
Stock assessment of the Lake Nasser fishery: Policy brief for better resource use
The decline in fish landings and the reduction in the marketing value of fish from Lake Nasser can be attributed to improper fishing practices and unsuitable fish handling. Such practices have a negative economic impact on fishstocks, fishers’ income, ...
Type: Publication
Management plan for the Lake Nasser fishery
Fish from Lake Nasser are an important source of animal protein in Upper Egypt. However, stocks are overfished and catches are decreasing. In 2017, WorldFish, as part of the Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate: Extension of Fisheries and Aquaculture ...
Type: Publication
