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Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia Team's Executive Summary

In the executive summary from the Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia activity, the research team examined the population dynamics and continued spread of redclaw crayfish in the Zambezi River basin of Zambia along with the socioeconomic impacts of crayfish on traditional fishing communities. Read to find out more about the study's results and recommendations.

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Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh Team’s Executive Summary

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh team aimed to analyze the economic implications of increased aquaculture production in terms of food security and market access based on data obtained from a primary survey and secondary sources. Read the activity's results and recommendations in this executive summary.

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Development of a Multivalent Bacterial Fish Vaccine in Zambia Team’s Executive Summary

The Development of a Multivalent Bacterial Fish Vaccine in Zambia study revealed the potential use of autogenous vaccination in minimizing losses in aquaculture that may emanate from production diseases in Zambia. Learn about the results and the activity's recommendations by reading this executive summary.

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Micronutrient Impact of Oysters Team’s Executive Summary

Read the Micronutrient Impact of Oysters team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations from their cross-sectional study among 504 women shellfishers living near three oyster estuarine sites along the coastline of Ghana. Heavy metal contamination does not appear to pose a major health risk for the women shellfishers related to oyster consumption, and promoting oyster consumption may be a promising strategy to increase nutrient intake and prevent anemia in estuarine communities.

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Video on Sustainable Agriculture: DIY Rice and Fish Farming Tutorial

Check out this new Agrilinks-produced video featuring our Farm Diversification team! The video demonstrates how both rice and fish can be farmed in the same plot of land, allowing the farmer to produce two commodities while using an eco-friendly approach.

Image Alternative Text: Fishing is a way of life for many Cambodians and management of fisheries requires accurate data, as the fisher shown here learned.

Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience Team's Executive Summary

The Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience activity's objectives were to improve sustainable fisheries management by developing a citizen science program to monitor fish populations, create an online platform (iFISH) to visualize and interpret data, improve fish shelf life through education on fish preservation techniques, and conduct nutrient analyses of primary harvested species. Learn about the results and the activity's recommendations by reading this executive summary.

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Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production Team's Executive Summary

The Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production activity used the Lean management approach to minimize costs and maximize efficiency by eliminating waste and converting waste into value in aquaculture production in Nigeria. Read the team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations.

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Samaki Salama Team's Executive Summary

The Samaki Salama activity aimed to promote sustainable fisheries practices and improve the nutritional status of young children. Read the team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations to address human health and malnutrition in small-scale fisher households.

Image Alternative Text: Aerial view of a patchwork of integrated fish-prawn-vegetable “ghers” in Kulna district, southwest Bangladesh.

Harnessing Machine Learning Team's Executive Summary

The Harnessing Machine Learning activity utilized artificial intelligence (machine learning) and remote sensing to extract and analyze data on fishponds from satellite images. The data gathered facilitated development of an interactive online data visualization tool used to estimate aquaculture’s multi-dimensional contributions to the economy and nutrition, focusing on production, economic value added, and employment, all differentiated by gender. Learn about the results and the activity's recommendations by reading this executive summary.

Image Alternative Text: Map showing location of fishing communities and their fishing grounds used to estimate stocks, yields, and fishing areas by management systems. Inset shows locations of various fisheries closures used to estimate fish stocks and recovery rates in the southern Kenya–Northern Tanzanian region.

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.