PROFISHBLUE Project Report– Capacity building of participating institutions, support National Hatchery equipment and Support to national research activities on regional germplasm (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and SA)

Abstract

WorldFish, in line with the Project Financing Agreement, for the Programme for Improving Fisheries Governance and Blue Economy Trade Corridors in SADC Region (PROFISHBLUE) Project, conducted the following as part of capacity building of participating institutions, support National Hatchery equipment and Support to national research activities on regional germplasm with a focus on the following members states - Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. A regional genetics training workshop as part of knowledge and skills transfer to the different stakeholders ranging from governments, private sector, academia, to research organizations; supported national hatcheries through purchase of equipment the Genetic Improvements Programs (GIPS) for the Governments of the Republics of Malawi and Zambia and provided additional support to one experiment/study for one generation of target species in the region which is undergoing genetic improvement O. andersonii in Zambia, building on earlier work by WorldFish and partners in the SADC region.