Working with national governments and partners, FISH focuses on improving the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security.
Stories of change
Gaining a voice: First Women Fishers’ Forum held in Timor-Leste
On Atauro Island in Timor-Leste, men have typically made the decisions about how fishery resources should be managed. But following efforts to build women fishers’ empowerment, women now have a greater voice in governance discussions and are engaging in collective action.
Research underlines potential of rice-fish farming in Myanmar
Research by FISH and partners shows that farming rice and fish together can increase rice yields, double profits and boost consumption of fish by poor households, providing a means to reduce poverty and achieve national nutrition and rural development targets.
How rice field fisheries are netting nutrition gains in Cambodia
A challenge faced by many caregivers in rural Cambodia is making sure their children get enough nutritious food. An integrated approach is leveraging rice field fisheries to address multiple causes of malnutrition.
Carrots and sticks: How incentives are conserving the hilsa fishery in Myanmar
For Myanmar's small-scale coastal and inland fishing communities, the hilsa fish, known locally as nga tha lauk , is a vital resource. Fishing hilsa employs over 1.5 million people in the country's most impoverished areas and provides a crucial source of food for many more. Hilsa can live for up to...
Photovoice: A high-impact research method that empowers women
Photovoice was the focus of a special workshop at the FISH-sponsored 7th Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries conference in Bangkok on 18-21 October 2018. The workshop – ‘Photovoice: Researching gender in aquaculture and fisheries though the camera lens’ – was run by Dr. Janine Pierce, an adjunct...
Farmer-to-farmer learning is boosting aquaculture in Sierra Leone
Small-scale aquaculture has significant potential to diversify livelihoods, raise incomes and create employment opportunities as well as improve household food security through greater access to fresh, nutritious fish. Despite these benefits, few farmers in Sierra Leone are currently engaged in...
Fish farmers celebrate tilapia harvest in Timor-Leste
The Partnership for Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste (PADTL), a five-year project funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme, has played a crucial role in diversifying rural livelihoods in the country through the promotion of sustainable aquaculture. On 23 August 2018, the project farmers...
Water for fish: Sustainable inland fisheries
Finding solutions to this challenge was the topic of ‘ Water for Fish: Sustainable Inland Fisheries ’, a side event hosted by Conservation International (CI) on 28 August 2018 during Stockholm World Water Week . Using examples from inland fisheries across Africa and Asia, speakers from CI, FAO ,...
Study tour to Bangladesh fosters knowledge-sharing on rice-fish systems
Rice-fish systems are common in many South and Southeast Asian countries as well as some areas of Africa. The systems are diverse, spanning capture fisheries and aquaculture, with fish and rice growing concurrently in rice fields and canals or, alternatively, fish raised between rice crops. FISH...
One man’s trash: Marine litter affecting ocean life, resilience of small-scale fisheries
Finding sustainable solutions to marine litter is the focus of World Oceans Day today, of which research to build the recognition and resilience of small-scale fisheries and fishers plays a critical part. In the 100-person village of Adara on Atauro Island—accessible only by walking three hours...
Transforming lives: Market-led aquaculture in Africa
Market-led aquaculture is changing the lives of small-scale farmers in Nigeria and Kenya, highlighting the huge potential for aquaculture to drive rural development across Africa. That’s the message of a recently released report by the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for...
Building adaptive capacity to climate change: Broadening the approach
Many government and non-government organizations are working to equip people to respond to climate change, to minimize negative effects and even look for new opportunities. Having ‘adaptive capacity’ means having the necessary resources at hand as well as the willingness and ability to take...