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Newsletter from the Global Action Network
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Sustainable Food from the Oceans and Inland Waters for Food Security and Nutrition
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We are happy to send you our Winter 2025 Newsletter, sharing ongoing work and news from the Global Action Network.
To feature your activities, solutions or relevant events supporting the Global Action Network mission in future newsletters, please contact us via foodfromtheocean@nfd.dep.no.
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The Global Action Network Action Plan includes arranging annual meetings, workshops and events, recognizing interested parties, and establishing connections to promote collaboration and interaction among cross-sectorial actors focusing on the important elements for food security from Healthy Waters to Healthy People. |
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Network Meeting 2025
22nd October, Rome
We held our Annual Network Meeting in connection with CFS 53 in October. This was a hybrid meeting with in-person participation at FAO headquarters and virtual attendance via Zoom, bringing together 250 registrants from 68 countries and representatives from the EU and UN. Participants included members of government, institutions, NGOs, and industry. |
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COP30 Side Event at the Nordic Pavillion
11th November 2025, Brazil
At COP30 in Belém, we brought aquatic food systems into the heart of the climate conversation. Experts, policymakers and youth voices gathered to spotlight how healthy oceans and inclusive blue food strategies can drive resilient, climate-smart and equitable food systems for people and planet. |
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WIOMSA 2025 Mini-Symposia
29th September, Mombasa, Kenya
The Global Action Network co-hosted a mini-symposium at WIOMSA 2025, contributing to discussions on key challenges and opportunities. The symposium brought together international experts and stakeholders. Read the summary and view highlights from the event here. |
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14th International Food Data Conference (IFDC) highlights the critical role of food composition data for aquatic foods
The 14th IFDC brought together global experts to discuss advances in food composition and related fields. Aquatic foods took a centre stage, with experts addressing data gaps and opportunities, database expansion, and standards for data reporting – key steps toward enhancing dietary insights and supporting sustainable agrifood systems. |
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Are Africa, East Asia and the Pacific Eating Too Much Fish?
WorldFish nutrition lead Wanjiku Gichohi explains new findings from the EAT Lancet assessment showing that fish intake appears higher than global reference levels in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, but for very different reasons. She highlights why context matters and why aquatic foods remain essential for healthy, just, and sustainable diets. |
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A Practitioners’ Guide to Assessing and Reducing Post-Harvest Food Loss in Small-Scale Aquatic Food Systems
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture produce an estimated 37 million tonnes of food each year, yet in some contexts, up to a third is lost after harvest. WRI, in partnership with the FAO and WorldFish, has launched a new guidebook, designed to help practitioners understand, measure, and reduce loss in small-scale aquatic food systems. |
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Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Exchange: Advancing Sustainable Aquatic Foods and Space-Aquaponics
In November 2025, Fresh Water Farms Europe(FWFEU) completed its Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs exchange hosted by ICEE.SPACE in the Netherlands. The collaboration advanced “Aquaponics in Space” concepts linking sustainable aquatic food systems, circular resource use and space-analog infrastructures to support nutritious aquatic foods, innovation, climate resilience, and food security. |
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Future17 Global Challenge: Systems Approach to Climate-Resilient Aquaponics for Sustainable Aquatic Foods
Fresh Water Farms Europe is participating in the Future17 Global Challenge with an international team exploring systems-based, climate-resilient aquaponics for sustainable aquatic foods. The project develops decision-support tools and scalable models linking water efficiency, circularity, nutrition and equity, strengthening evidence-based pathways to deliver “healthy waters, healthy people” in socio-environmental contexts worldwide. |
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Mozambique youth and women strengthen seaweed skills through Tanzania learning visit
A group of young women and men from the Tany Cooperative on Inhaca Island spent six days in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam learning seaweed processing, product development, cooperative management, and marketing. The exchange has given them practical skills and a clear plan to turn seaweed into real income. |
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Solar drying transforms incomes for women fish processors in Odisha
A low cost solar tunnel dryer is helping women fish processors in coastal Odisha improve the safety, quality, and shelf life of dried fish. The shift from open air drying to cleaner, faster solar drying has boosted incomes for the group while strengthening access to nutritious fish in their community. |
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Advancing regional ocean governance in the Benguela Current for sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity conservation and food security.
Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, together with the Benguela Current Convention, launched the “Blue Benguela Current Action” – a regional initiative funded by the European Union and Germany (BMZ) as part of the Global Programme Sustainable Aquatic Food. |
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