Global fish production hits new high, but climate threats loom

FAO/Sia Kambou Offloading tuna in Côte d’Ivoire at Abidjan’s main port (file).   Aquaculture now supplies most of the fish people eat, a landmark report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reveals, but rising temperatures and overfishing are…

Private Rescue Mission to Free Whale Stranded off Germany Continues

Schlauchboote mit Helfern sind in der Nähe des gestrandeten Wals vor der Ostseeinsel Poel im Einsatz. Der Rücken des Wals ist mit Tüchern abgedeckt. Für den bei Wismar gestrandeten Buckelwal wurde ein neuer Rettungsversuch gestartet. Umgesetzt werden soll das Konzept…

World Fisheries Day: Stakeholders Chart Course for Sustainable Aquaculture

World Fisheries Day: Stakeholders Chart Course for Sustainable Aquaculture   The Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), Rivers State chapter, on Friday marked the 2025 World Fisheries Day with a multi-stakeholder workshop dedicated to advancing sustainable fisheries and aquaculture development across…

Fisheries Society Hosts Maiden Induction for Fisheries, Aquaculture Graduates/Students

Fisheries Society Hosts Maiden Induction for Fisheries, Aquaculture Graduates/Students   The Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), Rivers State Chapter, has held its maiden hybrid induction ceremony for graduate students from fisheries, aquaculture, and related disciplines across the state.   Newsmen…

Revamp Rave Network holds climate conference, trains 5 Lagos coastal communities on sustainability

Revamp Rave Network, an environmental protection organisation, on Saturday organised a conference to train five Lagos coastal communities on protection and preservation of oceans, aquatic and human lives to ensure sustainability. The communities included Epe, Ikorodu, Agoro-Oyingbo, Mosafejo and Badagry.…

TAAT facilitates ToT on rapid cassava propagation system for Angola

A high-powered delegation of scientists and technicians led by the Director General of the Angolan Institute of Agrarian Development is currently in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, where they are visiting the headquarters of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The…

African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Africa Fund for Africa approves $1 million reimbursable grant to develop bioenergy plants in Ghana and Sierra Leone

The reimbursable grant will strengthen the project’s bankability by supporting technical feasibility studies and regulatory structuring The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a reimbursable grant of $1 million to NewAfrica Impact Ltd to prepare two bioenergy plants…

Biological Threats identified as Biggest Emerging Global Security Concern at 8th African Conference on OneHealth

“We are facing the greatest threats to human existence in the form of biological threats” ‘If infectious diseases are used as bioweapons, it could trigger extremely disastrous consequences’, Prof Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner of Health. That was the submission…

Fish Farmers in Cameroon record increased Income upon Adoption of Technologies

Djam Wilfred Chiatoh, is a fish farmer from the central region of Cameroon. He is also an animal production specialist but after 12 years of poultry, pig and rabbit farming, coupled with a loss of over 2,000 pigs to African…

Omvits Helps Meet the World’s Increasing Demand for Omega-3 in a Sustainable and Cruelty-Free Way

Overfishing is damaging our planet, but Omvits is on a mission to protect it and support your health with clean, sustainable and ethical algae-based Omega-3 The planet needs help now more than ever. But Omvits, the British nutrition brand, is officially…

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