Shem Oirere

Namibia has suspended the country’s laws on allocation of fishing quotas in order to address an anomaly encountered during last year’s fishing season.

Although the law bars any form of rolling over fishing quotas of any given year to next one, Namibia's cabinet resolved to have that provision suspended to pave the way for reallocation of the remaining uncaught fishing quotas from 2021 to this year’s fishing

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has released a new list of fishing vessels flagged to India and Sri Lanka that have allegedly carried out illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing within its area of jurisdiction.

IOTC Executive Secretary Christopher O’Brien said the vessels may have either fished in a manner inconsistent with IOTC Conservation and Management Measures in force, or failed to comply with laws and regulations

Mauritius is finalizing the development of a new fisheries bill to support more-effective management of country’s marine biodiversity and resources.

An island nation of 1.2 million people, Mauritius has an annual per-capita consumption of 28 kilograms of seafood per year.

Mauritius Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries, and Shipping Minister Sudheer Maudhoo said the new bill also intends to promote a sustainable ecosystem

Kenya has agreed to begin requiring minimum safety requirements on its fishing vessels by ratifying the Cape Town Agreement (CTA) and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F).

The two initiatives are driven by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to improve safety at sea and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

Kenya’s High

Members of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients (GRMI) have issued a joint statement in response to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published on 21 January, 2022, its report “Socio-economic and biological impacts of the fish-based feed industry for sub-Saharan Africa.”

The report found the recent expansion of Chinese and European fishmeal processing operations in West Africa poses a risk to regional food

Cape Town, South Africa-based Oceana Group has finally published its provisional consolidated results for the year ending 30 September, 2021, with its board of directors describing the trading period as a “difficult year.”

Oceana delayed publication of its results after a whistleblower raised concerns regarding accounting procedures for Daybrook Fisheries Incorporated, the company’s U.S. subsidiary. The company also

A global non-governmental organization is using aquaculture as a tool to support efforts to eradicate poverty in Mali and woo more young people into seafood production, with the ultimate goal of deflating militant groups that have disrupted the West African country’s economic growth.

U.S.-based global NGO World Neighbors said it is supporting the new concept of cooperative fishponds in Mali, as a low-cost but high-impact, community-based

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has appointed Lídia de Fátima da Graça Cardoso the country's new sea, inland waters, and fisheries minister, after the previous minister and several other people holding government positions were fired.

Cardoso becomes the third holder of the position since it was created through presidential decree in 2015.

Cardoso, who has been serving as deputy health minister, replaces Augusta Maita,

Egypt is fast-tracking a government-sanctioned plan to expand and improve the protection of several of its inland fisheries, particularly lakes, as part of a fisheries and aquaculture development scheme aiming to increase overall fish production in the country to at least 3 million metric tons (MT) by 2025.

Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resources and Development (GAFRD) chairman Salah Al-Mishly said, in an interview with The African,