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Image Alternative Text: Here are smoked fish on display by farmers who have integrated smoking as an adaptation to survive poor pricing of their fish by the middlemen that buy fresh catfish from farmers.

Insect-to-Fish (ITF) Farming Systems in Nigeria: Protecting Food Security with Black Soldier Flies

The Fish Innovation Lab project on integrating insect-to-fish (ITF) farming systems is helping to bring high-quality, locally sourced fish feed made from farmed insect larvae to Nigerian communities. This novel fish feed production system is projected to decrease feed costs by 30%, which will improve livelihoods and positively impact individuals along the fish production value chain.

Image Alternative Text: Blessing Bosin, from Delta State, improved her fish processing setup with a modified smoking kiln and stainless-steel table.

Nutrition and Food Safety Training Make a Difference for Nigerian Fish Processors

Thanks to the Nourishing Nations team and their 2021 trainings, Nigerian fish processors learned nutrition and food safety to improve their fish processing operations. In the case of Blessing Bosin, the training helped her improve the quality of her fish products, which led to an increase in her customer base.

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Fish Price Volatility Dynamics in Bangladesh

Madan Dey and Prasanna Surathkal of the Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh project authored a new publication alongside Prokash Deb, which was accepted in Aquaculture Economics and Management.

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Intensive Fishing Effort and Market Controls as Management Tools for Invasive Aquatic Species: A Review

Mike Rice, the lead principal investigator of the Fish Innovation Lab's project on invasive crayfish in Zambia, has a new publication accepted in Asian Fisheries Science. Read to learn more about management techniques to control invasive aquatic species.

Image Alternative Text: Here is a nearly all female cluster trained by Preye Ofunama (Lean Subject Matter Expert in Delta State), Oyediran Olusegun Oyebola (Consultant), and Abel Onaivwe (Delta State Coordinator and Lean Subject Matter Expert) in attendance.

Lean Subject Matter Experts Train Nigerian Fish Farmers to Improve Aquaculture Productivity

The Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production project team is contributing to enhanced food security and increased economic returns through a train-the-trainers approach. Read their latest success story to learn more about the “Lean Production Systems” approach.

Image Alternative Text: Students and Faculty of Fisheries members at the Royal University of Agriculture participated in the virtual training together to have access to Wi-Fi while also being able to collaborate with those who could not join in person.

Training Cambodian Fisheries Students and Faculty on Aquaculture to Build Capacity

The Bighead Catfish Culture project is paving the way to growing the aquaculture sector in Cambodia through their trainings. Read their success story to learn more.

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Implementing Gender-Responsive Research Activities Through the Fish Innovation Lab

A new brief highlights findings from the Gender Responsive Aquaculture/Fisheries Development Assessment (GRADA-FIL) related to gender-responsive research activities undertaken by Fish Innovation Lab projects.

Image Alternative Text: Stakeholders training workshop on sperm cryopreservation at Faculty of Fisheries

Quality Seed Production Using Cryopreserved Sperm in Fish Hatcheries Becomes a Reality in Bangladesh

The Fish Innovation Lab's project to establish a cryogenic sperm bank of key carp species for aquaculture production has successfully completed breeding trials of rohu, mrigal, silver carp, and bighead carp in nine selected hatcheries in four regions of Bangladesh.

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Impacts of COVID-19 Delta Variant on Fish Innovation Lab Activities in Bangladesh

The Fish Innovation Lab has four ongoing activities in Bangladesh. Each has been impacted differently by the lockdowns and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

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Training Opportunity: Identification of Aquaculture Waterbodies Using Machine Learning

The Fish Innovation Lab's Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture project is organizing a training to disseminate techniques developed in a recent paper on using machine learning to map aquaculture waterbodies in Bangladesh. Complete the interest form by December 10, 2021 to receive access to the training videos.