Intelligence
Can seagrass and mangrove restoration help mitigate ocean acidification and climate change?
Researchers suggest seagrass and mangrove restoration could also remove carbon through a novel pathway while combating ocean acidification.
Responsibility
Pine Island Redfish and MANG team up on coastal restoration initiative in Florida
The Florida land-based red drum producer will aid a coastal restoration project to collect and nurture mangrove seeds for replanting.
Innovation & Investment
FISH4ACP and The Gambia strike 10-year agreement to transform mangrove oyster production
The plan for the sustainable growth of mangrove oyster production in The Gambia will benefit women producers and stabilize oyster stocks.
Responsibility
SFP: Shrimp farming can help restore mangroves and mitigate climate change
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership says shrimp farming can help restore mangroves, and in turn, help combat the effects of climate change.
Responsibility
Pathogen filtration is an untapped coastal ecosystem service
Healthy coastal ecosystems are key for pathogen filtration, conservation efforts of threatened host populations and mitigation of disease outbreaks.
Responsibility
Assessment of restored mangrove forests in abandoned aquaculture ponds in Perancak, Indonesia
Restored mangroves had significantly higher plant litterfall production than intact mangroves, but no significant difference in leaf litter decomposition.
Innovation & Investment
Shrimp farmers reflect on 20 years of demonstrating responsibility through GAA
Under pressure for environmental impacts during its expansion in the 1990s, shrimp producers and marketplace representatives formed the Global Aquaculture Alliance to hold their industry to higher standards.
Intelligence
From forest to plate, a shrimp redefining ‘farmed’
The explosive growth of shrimp farming has long been associated with mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia. A silvofishery method of producing the popular seafood is protecting the fragile ecosystems in Vietnam. A hungry marketplace is reaping the rewards.