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The role of farmed fish in the diets of the resource-poor in Egypt
Type: Report
The Egyptian aquaculture industry provides more than 100,000 full-time or part-time jobs and produces the country's least-expensive farmed animal protein. Thus, aquaculture plays an important role in both sustaining ...
Inclusion of small indigenous fish improves nutritional quality during the first 1000 days
Type: Journal Article
Key contributing factors to undernutrition in low-income countries, including Bangladesh, are low dietary diversity in the diets of women and low nutrient density of traditional complementary foods (CFs) for infants and ...
Feed resources vis-à-vis livestock and fish productivity in a changing climate
Type: Book Chapter
Animal source food production globally already faces increasing pressure because of negative environmental implications, particularly because of greenhouse gas emissions. As livestock and aquaculture are important sources ...
Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape
Type: Journal Article
This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and cultivated biodiversity in all forms is ...
Classifying degrees of species commonness: North Sea fish as a case study
Type: Journal Article
Species commonness is often related to abundance and species conservation status. Intuitively, a "common species" is a species that is abundant in a certain area, widespread and at low risk of extinction. Analysing and ...
WorldFish
Type: Brochure
At WorldFish, we work with an extensive network of donors and partners to create change for the millions who depend on fish in the developing world. Partnerships are essential to bring technologies and innovations to scale ...
Are trunk lateral line anomalies and disoriented scale patterns in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) influenced by genetics?
Type: Journal Article
Different kinds of defects are observed on farmed fish, and while a lot of research has concentrated on skeletal abnormalities, little is known on scale anomalies. In this paper, a survey for lateral line shape anomalies ...
Risk analysis in aquaculture: A step-by-step introduction with worked examples
Type: Manual
This publication is based on materials covered and outputs generated during the Workshop on Risk Assessment Methodologies and Tools for Aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, which was jointly held by WorldFish and FAO in ...
Retrieving taxa names from large biodiversity data collections using a flexible matching workflow
Type: Journal Article
In the domain of biological classification there are several taxon name matching services that can search for a species scientific name in a large collection of taxonomic names. Many of these services are available online, ...
Aquaculture and fisheries for nutrition: Towards a nutrition-sensitive approach
Type: Journal Article
This article explains the concept of a "nutrition-sensitive approach" to aquaculture and fisheries and provides insights into the ways in which this approach, if widely applied, could create large impacts on the nutritional ...