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Low Optimal Fisheries Yield Creates Challenges for Sustainability in a Climate Refugia
The Achieving Coral Reef Fishery Sustainability activity in Kenya has a new journal article in Conservation Science and Practice. From the research, both fisheries stock and catch assessment methods found low production and excess effort when evaluating a semi-enclosed bay on the Kenya–Tanzania border for sustainability. Therefore, low to modest capture rates of fish will be required to allow the recovery needed to achieve sustainability and restore the refugia's ecology.
Director General Visits MSU to Deepen Collaboration in Science, Data, and Innovation for Agrifood Systems Transformation
Qu Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), met with senior executives and researchers at Mississippi State University (MSU), including Mark Lawrence, director for both the Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security and the Fish Innovation Lab.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Qu Dongyu Visits MSU
FAO Director General Qu Dongyu toured the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish and MSU aquaculture research facilities, as well as the High Performance Computing Collaboratory, in addition to meeting with senior MSU officials.
Fish Innovation Lab Nutrition Specialist Dr. Lora Iannotti Receives 2022 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab
The Fish Innovation Lab's nutrition specialist and PI of the Samaki Salama activity, Lora Iannotti, is the recipient of the 2022 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab. This honor recognizes her work to improve nutrition for vulnerable groups through sustainable fisheries.
Improving Biosecurity Team's Executive Summary
The Improving Biosecurity activity in Nigeria aimed to better understand the disease and health status of catfish aquaculture through the deployment of a digital epidemiology survey, collection and laboratory analyses of biological samples, and a series of stakeholder consultations. Learn about the results and the activity's recommendations by reading this executive summary.
United States Announces $29 Million Investment to Extend Two Feed the Future Innovation Labs
USAID announced a five-year extension for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research. These critical investments will increase productivity and raise incomes of small-scale farmers and fishers so they can produce more affordable, nutritious foods and help improve diets in their own communities and beyond.
$15 Million to MSU-Led Fish Innovation Lab Extends Global Food Security Pursuits Through Aquatic Systems
Mississippi State University has received a five-year, up to $15 million extension for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish to address global food security challenges through aquatic food systems.
Fish Breeding Technology in Bangladesh Offers Convenience and Quality to Farmers and Consumers
"Cryopreservation—preserving and storing the sperm cells of fish—helps maintain valuable genetic material and supports the growing aquaculture sector in the country." The Fish Innovation Lab activity on cryogenic sperm banking of carp in Bangladesh was featured in this Feed the Future story.
Our People: Sandra Correa
Sandra Correa, from the Fish Innovation Lab Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience team, was featured in a Mississippi State University Our People story for her river and aquatic ecology work in Cambodia. Read how Correa is using her knowledge of aquatic biodiversity to promote responsible care of river ecosystems and protect them from overfishing, so they continue to produce a variety of fish.
Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems: Multisectoral Analysis of Determinants of Child Nutrition in Coastal Kenya
The Samaki Salama activity in Kenya has a new journal article in Frontiers. This study aimed to map the multidimensional determinants of fish food security and young child nutrition in four coastal communities of Kenya with a view toward designing a large intervention trial.