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Let them eat carp: Farmed fish is helping to fight hunger

Ben Belton - 15 May 2018

Workers netting pangasius fingerlings for sale in Bangladesh. Photo by Habibul Haque.

Over the past three decades, the global aquaculture industry has risen from obscurity to become a critical source of food for millions of people, mostly through export. This boom has led scholars to question whether aquaculture contributes to the food security of poorer people in producing countries.

Dam right: Improving opportunities for reservoir fisheries

Matthew McCartney - 21 March 2018

Dams, like Nam Gnouang Dam in Lao PDR, can impact reservoir fisheries

Nam Gnouang Dam, on a tributary of the Nam Theun River in Laos. Photo by Eric Baran.

This World Water Day, WorldFish and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), key partners in the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH), reflect on how improved dam operation and reservoir management can, in some circumstances, mitigate the often negative impacts of large dams on natural fish stocks.

Creating a splash: small-scale fisheries research as a catalyst for change

Kim Hunnam - 15 November 2017

Gill nets in Adara, Timor-Leste.

In many instances, research focused on small-scale fisheries is trying to improve human wellbeing, nutrition, and the way we manage our natural resources. But how does “doing research” lead to such real-world change? This was a topic of discussion at the recent Symposium on Resilient Small-Scale Fisheries hosted by WorldFish at its headquarters in Penang, Malaysia.

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