AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAquaculture Training & Capacity Building: A Norwegian-funded “Samaki Poa” project in East Africa has set up five training and distribution hubs in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, helping aquaculture entrepreneurs scale sustainable seafood production and access quality fingerlings. Fisheries Management & Whale Risk: Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife rolled out two new Dungeness crab rules—electronic monitoring for commercial crab vessels and updated experimental gear permit guidelines—to cut whale entanglements. Tuna Governance Push: Businesses and environmental NGOs are urging the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to adopt its first-ever tuna management procedures at its 24 August meeting, aiming for clearer harvest strategies for tropical tuna stocks. Lobster Food Web Insight: University of Maine researchers found baby lobster larvae preferentially feed on Calanus finmarchicus, while both the prey and larval survival appear to be declining in the Gulf of Maine—new clues for Maine lobster recovery efforts. Agri-Food Policy: Malaysia says it will expand local seed and breed production using modern biotechnology to reduce seed import dependency by 30% by 2040.
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