Peter Britz, professor emeritus in the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University, South Africa, has been announced as the keynote speaker for the World Aquaculture Tanzania…
Startups from across Sub-Saharan Africa have gathered in Dar Es Salaam for Women in Ocean Food Africa, an equity-free program helping founders scale sustainable aquaculture, marine biotechnology,…
Pure play aquaculture companies are notable by their absence in Katapult Ocean’s eighth accelerator cohort, with a Tanzanian company developing foods from farmed seaweeds being the only exception.
A multidisciplinary and international team met with a range of aquaculture stakeholders in Mwanza last week to discuss the drivers and bottlenecks of this burgeoning sector.
Sea cucumbers, which are known as jongoo bahari in Swahili, are considered an endangered species and have been protected in Tanzania since 2003. However, illegal fishing, collection and trading of…
Over the last 11 years Mpanju Elpidius has grown his tilapia farm from scratch, to become one of Tanzania’s largest farmers – producing over a million fingerlings as well as 20 tonnes of market-sized…
While the introduction of invasive non-native species such as Nile perch and water hyacinth have had a catastrophic impact on the biodiversity of Lake Victoria, a growing number of initiatives to…
A new fund with the goal of supporting private sector-driven innovations which can improve productivity throughout the aquaculture value-chain has been launched by Msingi – an independent industry…
How the seaweed industry is helping people in developing nations escape poverty is the subject of a presentation that’s being delivered to a meeting of UN representatives and global organisations…
Climate change and unsustainable practices are threatening seaweed farming in Tanzania, an industry that employs over 25,000 farmers, of whom around 80 percent are women. To help address these…
Tanzania is to adopt recommendations for conserving the unique genetic diversity of its tilapia stocks in order to safeguard the country’s food security.
Dr Flower Msuya, chairperson and facilitator at the Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI) works in villages in Zanzibar to study climate change, modify farming methods and add value to seaweed.…
Plans to produce a model means of improving the efficiency of aquaculture production in Africa have moved ahead, following a meeting hosted by WorldFish in Lusaka last week.
TANZANIA - Tanzania, perhaps best known for safaris over its vast open plains, has ambitious plans for diminutive freshwater wildlife with enormous, untapped potential.
TANZANIA - The government is determined to see more people getting engaged in aquaculture, according to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Dr Yohana…
TANZANIA - The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar in partnership with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have…
TANZANIA - Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global issue. Each year, global economic losses resulting from IUU fishing are estimated to lie between U$10 billion and U$23…
TANZANIA - Tanzania's Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dr Titus Kamani has called on the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to work closely with national research…
TANZANIA - Tilapia is a popular fish to farm in Tanzania, but productivity is often low due to poor feed quality. Speaking at Aquaculture America 2014, Sebastian Chenyambuga, Sokoine University of…
TANZANIA - Despite its range of large water sources, Tanzania continues to face serious challenges in developing its fishing industry, mainly from illegal fishing.
TANZANIA - According to fisheries experts and marine scientists, Tanzania's fish stocks and other aquatic life are wasting away at an alarming rate in most of the country's water bodies.
TANZANIA - Despite the country earning Sh1.2 trillion in 2011 from the fishing industry from 177,527 licensed fishermen, the sectors contribution to the national economy remains minimal. In the same…
TANZANIA - The Eurozone crisis and its ripple effects have put Lake Victorias multimillion-dollar Nile Perch fishing industry under renewed pressure, after a lull of four years.
TANZANIA - Tanzania will suffer a loss of more than $4 million (about 6.4bn/-) this financial year, after 50 foreign fishing firms terminated their contracts with the Deep Sea Authority (DSA) for…
TANZANIA - A study by a team of University of Rhode Island researchers found that the Saadani National Park, established to protect coastal mangrove ecosytems, has caused a short-term negative effect…
TANZANIA - Mara regional government leaders have struck out against the illegal export of fish to Kenya, which officials say is inflating local fish prices and costing the country hundreds of…
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