Participants from four African countries are benefiting from a capacity development programme aimed at strengthening small-scale aquaculture in the southeastern Mediterranean.

OPINION PIECE: The Maritime Business Chamber (MBC) is reigniting the call for a Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Shipping as South Africa enters its 7^th Administration.

SOUTH AFRICA: International entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, businesses and leaders that are working towards creating a positive impact on our oceans will converge in Cape Town next month for the 2024 edition of Ocean Innovation Africa.

ZAMBIA: The need to establish a continental Aquaculture Knowledge Hub was discussed at a consultative workshop last week in Lusaka in a bid to improve effective knowledge management and collaborative efforts within the African aquaculture sector.

SOUTH AFRICA: A pilot project along South Africa’s West Coast is using cameras and hydrophones to alert mussel farmers in the Saldanha Bay Aquaculture Development Zone (SBADZ) to the presence of whales and activate the ADZ Incident and Emergency Response Protocol in the case of an entanglement.

ANGOLA: In an effort to address Angola’s over-reliance on the export of crude oil which currently represents almost 95% of the country’s exports, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) partnered with Nha Trang University of Vietnam to host a workshop to help unlock Angola’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.

KENYA: During a four-day tour, president of Kenya, William Ruto said that the government would be escalating investments in aquaculture in the Nyanza Region to stimulate the economy.

SOUTH AFRICA: Members of the Forestry, Fisheries and Environment portfolio committee raised a number of questions that remain successfully answered by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) at a meeting held during the second half of March.