The Fish Innovation Lab funded activities in aquaculture and fisheries industries in our target regions of East Africa, West Africa, and Asia. To read more about specific activities, please visit the Activities page.
Our Approach
The Fish Innovation Lab supported and linked research partners around the globe to identify, develop, and scale up promising methodologies and technologies for local aquaculture and fisheries, and to intensify and diversify major aquatic food production systems where the poor and undernourished are concentrated. The research program cultivated by the Fish Innovation Lab aimed to produce applicable research results, increase the capacity of local partners, and support the adoption of new innovations. Our approach had the following key elements:
- We engaged U.S. and host-country multidisciplinary experts in the development of research priorities to solve problems using an integrated-systems approach.
- We focused research in strategic aquaculture and fisheries zones of influence.
- We leveraged private industry partnerships and mobile digital technologies.
- We implemented a balanced approach that considered both aquaculture and fisheries management.
Areas of Inquiry
The Fish Innovation Lab focused on three program areas:
- Efficient aquatic system innovations
- Nutrition and food systems
- Access to improved inputs
