Mitigating Risk

Image Alternative Text: a class room full of aquaculture producers learning biosecurity practices

Strengthening Kenya's Aquaculture Sector Through Collaboration and Innovation

A Fish Innovation Lab team trained smallholder fish farmers on disease monitoring, biosecurity, and improved management practices to mitigate losses and boost productivity in Kenya.

Image Alternative Text: Photo of Hossam Abdelhamed (Photo by Paulo Padre, Graphic Designer for FAO)

Crossover Connections: MSU’s FAO Reference Center Supports Capacity Strengthening for Fish Innovation Lab Activity

From November 18–22, a capacity-building workshop in collaboration with Nitte University and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) brought together instructors and attendees, including a College of Veterinary Medicine faculty member and…

Image Alternative Text: Figure 4 shows equilibration and post-thaw motility of sperm of C. idella equilibrated at four different periods.

Use of Cryopreserved Sperm of Grass Carp for Seed Production at the Hatchery Level of Bangladesh

The Cryogenic Sperm Banking team has a peer-reviewed journal article in Aquaculture Research. Learn more about the team's research examining suitable conditions of sperm cryopreservation protocols and how they evaluated the effectiveness of…

Image Alternative Text: Fig. 1 shows the trend of the market price of major carp from January 2005 to December 2021.

How Price and Non-Price Factors Influence the Market Price of Major Carp: Findings From the Dynamic ARDL Approach

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh activity has a new peer-reviewed journal article in Aquaculture. Read the abstract here and go to the full journal article to learn more about the factors impacting the market…

Image Alternative Text: Fig. 4 shows the average output dimension scores for salmon (n = 4), tilapia (n = 6), carp (n = 9), shrimp (n = 12), mollusk (n = 9), catfish (n = 4), and seaweed (n = 2).

Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Aquaculture: The Aquaculture Performance Indicators

In this peer-reviewed journal article featured in Nature, the authors—one of whom is a Fish Innovation Lab Asia Regional Coordinator, Madan Dey—identify high-performing aquaculture typologies and species and highlight opportunities to improve…

Image Alternative Text: Taken during a research site visit in December 2022, the research team identified food safety issues at wet markets in Bangladesh in order to come up with an intervention strategy to improve food safety and hygiene practices. The photo shows both packaged and unpacked fish in a local fish market to show the need for better food safety measures in local markets. (Photo by Mohammad Aminul Islam.)

Safe Food for a Healthy Future

Ensuring food safety is not just about preventing illness, rather it is about securing a healthier, smarter, and more prosperous future for the nation. Read Mohammad Aminul Islam and Mohammed Badrul Amin's Agrilinks blog post to learn more about…

Image Alternative Text: the photo shows using a clean bowel and water along with a lime to clean fish

The Shifting Tides of Food Safety and Nutrition: Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption

Food safety and nutrition go hand-in-hand. The Fish Innovation Lab prioritizes these elements in several research activities to achieve both safe and nutritious aquatic food products. Read this Agrilinks blog post written by Lora Iannotti, our…

Image Alternative Text: A map with locations of sites surveyed using the Fish Epidemiology and Health Economics tool (version 1.13) in Ogun and Delta States, Nigeria.

Understanding Aquaculture Biosecurity to Improve Catfish Disease Management in Ogun and Delta States, Nigeria

The Improving Biosecurity activity has a journal article in Aquaculture. Read the abstract here to learn more about the existing biosecurity management practices and risk factors in Nigeria that could potentially lead to mortality in catfish…

Image Alternative Text: Bangladeshi fish market

Foodborne Pathogens Team's Executive Summary

This Fish Innovation Lab activity estimated the prevalence of foodborne pathogens and revealed that fish from retail markets had high levels of contamination with foodborne pathogens. The research team believes that an intervention at the cut-up…

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Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia Team's Executive Summary

In the executive summary from the Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia activity, the research team examined the population dynamics and continued spread of redclaw crayfish in the Zambezi River basin…