The Fish Innovation Lab Held an Aquaculture America 2023 Session and Booth in New Orleans

a group photo of Asia and Africa region participants
Photos are by Gulam Hussain, Fish Innovation Lab Asia regional coordinator; Stephen Reichley, Fish Innovation Lab deputy director and risk mitigation specialist; and Alaina Dismukes, Fish Innovation Lab communications specialist.

By Peter Allen and Alaina Dismukes

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish hosted a session titled “Fish to Feed the World: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for Global Food Security” at the World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on February 26, 2023. Presentations covered a variety of topics, including rice-fish farming, economic considerations, market assessments, sperm cryopreservation, aquaculture biosecurity, pathogen identification and fish health assessments, and value chains for aquaculture and related feed supplies. Fish Innovation Lab activities also featured work conducted in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Cambodia, and other locations.

Additionally, the Fish Innovation Lab held a booth in the exhibit hall. There, those interested in learning more about the lab could ask questions and receive success stories and a one-pager on the current activities as well as sign up for the newsletter, which comes out every two months.

Scroll down to see photos from Aquaculture America 2023.

Peter Allen welcoming everyone to the Fish Innovation Lab session.
Peter Allen, Fish Innovation Lab productivity frontier specialist, welcomed everyone to the Fish Innovation Lab session.

Mark Lawrence presenting first
Mark Lawrence, Fish Innovation Lab director, presented an overview of the Fish Innovation Lab's activities and accomplishments.

Dr. M. Gulam Hussain presenting
M. Gulam Hussain presented "Aquaculture in Bangladesh: Recent Advancement, Prospects, Challenges, and Overall Impacts of Fish Innovation Lab Funded Projects."

a photo of the audience at the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish session at Aquaculture America
Here, the audience at the Fish Innovation Lab session at Aquaculture America 2023 asked the speakers questions about the presentations.

The Fish Innovation Lab booth at Aquaculture America 2023
Rebecca Jeudin, the Fish Innovation Lab's monitoring, evaluation, and learning advisor, helped with the booth at Aquaculture America 2023.

a photo of the schedule for the Fish Innovation Lab sessions held at Aquaculture America 2023
The schedule for the Fish Innovation Lab sessions held at Aquaculture America 2023 featured speakers from around the world about how their work is impacting food security.

Published February 28, 2023