WorldFish in partnership with the Improving Employment and Incomes through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) delivered training in ‘Best Management Practices’ to more than 1400 fish farmers in 2013.
Training covered a wide range of topics including: pond construction to post-harvest handling and social responsibilities.
A new environmentally friendly technique to boost shrimp farming is being rolled out in central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The new technology - Supra Intensive Indonesia (SII) - will help with the cultivation of the vannamei variety of shrimp and will replace the current intensive farming technique.
International organisation SPC Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME) recently appointed Moses Amos as its new director.
Amos is currently the director of the Department of Fisheries in Vanuatu, a position he has held over for over 12 years. From January 2007 to March 2010 Mr Amos was also director of Fisheries Management at the Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara, the Solomon Islands.
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| Most shrimp live in fairly shallow waters and use their "walking legs" to perch on the sea bottom. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |