Category: Meetings and Events

Despite the important role that aquatic foods play in global food systems, the management of fisheries and aquaculture is predominantly skewed toward economic and environmental outcomes. Globally, fewer than 50% of fisheries management policies identified nutrition as a key objective in the sector (Koehn et al., 2021), and many of these types of objectives prioritise increasing…

Event/Activity Name Date/Time Location No Paris without the Ocean: Partnerships to Activate Ocean-Climate Solutions at Scale 30 November 11:00-12:00 Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone A Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Resilience: Community-Led Governance as a Pillar of Climate Action 30 November 12:30-13:30 Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone Leaders Summit Food Session 1 December 13:30-14:15 Al Waha Theatre, Blue…

The German Federal Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ) commissioned the new project “Sustainable Aquatic Foods”, which started in January 2024 and will be implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) as part of the Special Initiative “Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems” (SI AGER). The main objective of the project is to enhance the integration…

The Global Action Network was represented at the FAO workshop “Creating an enabling environment for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF)” in November 2023, together with 70 other participants representing mostly fisherfolk and fish workers. The purpose of attending was to hear perspectives from SSF globally, what issues concern them, and how countries work to implement…

The objective of the GIZs Global Programme “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture” is to enhance access to more fish and higher incomes derived from sustainable and resource-friendly fisheries and aquaculture for the population facing food insecurity. In two country-modules, Malawi and Madagascar, the successes were analysed and evaluated in concluding studies. The Aquaculture Value Chain Project (AVCP) in…

Nigeria is a developing nation committed to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals. These are 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets. One of the targets is reducing food losses along the production and supply chain, including post-harvest losses, which is part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG 12-Responsible Consumption and Production.…

The African Aquaculture Business Leaders Network (AABLN), was established in late 2024, bringing together 22 leaders from companies from across the continent and supply chain who have a shared vision of aquaculture playing a greater role in meeting food security, health, climate and socio-economic goals in the region. “There is huge unrealized potential in African…

Understanding the variability and drivers behind fish composition data can better help us develop nutrition-sensitive approaches to reach relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and combat malnutrition. Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research analysed essential and hazardous element data from ~15,700 fish collected between 2010-2020 in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean to investigate 1) how…

Somewhere between the coastal fish landing site and the hungry child in a high-malnutrition village, a disconnect persists. Aquatic foods rich in protein and micronutrients exist in abundance, yet they rarely land where they are most needed. At Nutriee Fish, we’re solving this disconnect not by scaling scarcity, but by rethinking access. Nutriee Fish transforms…

Cambodia’s fisheries sector is vital to the economy, supporting millions of livelihoods and holding great potential for local and export markets. However, certain barriers like limited access to resources, technology, finance, and international markets hinder its growth. To unlock this potential, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in partnership with Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA)…