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Early warning system on Lake Victoria proves AI’s potential to prevent fish kills

Fish farmers at Dunga Beach, Kenya, faced constant dread from sudden mass fish deaths in Lake Victoria. Now, an AI-powered underwater monitoring system provides early warnings,…

The lockdown provided us with a prism through which we could look at our crazy lives and simplify them. It was a strange and special time

OPINION| Building business sustainability is not just an expensive, developed-world problem

African businesses have the power to reduce the effect of climate change through sustainable business models and circular economy practices

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A fight for survival: How West Coast fishers have stayed afloat in the pandemic

Small-scale fishers, abalone farmers, commercial trawlers, poachers: all have been affected, if not by fishing quotas, then by the pandemic

The Pretoria high court has scrapped government notices that proposed amendments to existing alien and invasive species regulations and lists, which included listing brown trout and rainbow trout as invasive species.
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Court judgment about alien fish is about more than trout wars

Judge finds that public participation in democratic processes is not the exclusive preserve of the privileged few who have access to the internet and can read English

Threatened: In West Africa, women who sell fish to local markets are impacted by the European fishmeal and fish oil industry, which causes food insecurity and pollution, as well as health problems. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

Europe, Asia rob West Africa of fish

Greenpeace Africa reports that the fishmeal and fish oil industry is ‘robbing the Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal of livelihoods and food’

LIANJIANG, CHINA – JUNE 09: Aerial view of an abalone aquaculture farm on June 9, 2020 in Lianjiang County, Fujian Province of China. (Photo by Tan Ailong/VCG via Getty Images)

Covid-19 stems ‘white’ gold rush

The pandemic hit abalone farmers fast and hard. Prices have dropped and backers appear to be losing their appetite for investing in the delicacy

Our bodies do not make much DHA, so, for the most part, we obtain it through diet. Plants and meats have modest amounts of the fatty acid, but the most abundant source by far is fish (or fish-derived supplements).(Mohamed Al Hwaityan/Reuters)

Global warming may dwindle the supply of a key brain nutrient

Diminishing levels of an omega-3 fatty acid may have health consequences, including a higher risk for depression, ADHD and early dementia