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Saving fishers’ lives: FISH4ACP’s interventions aim to cut drownings and increase safety at sea
24/07/2026
Almost 90 fishers die at work worldwide on an average day. These deaths continue remorselessly, day after day. The annual global total exceeds 32 000 people, according to a conservative estimate by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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11/12
2025
Making the case for investment in aquatic value chains
Virtual Event, 11/12/2025
In its 10th edition, the FISH4ACP virtual tour will take you to The Gambia, where 120 women oyster harvesters learned how to swim, overcoming their fear of drowning and making oysters a more attractive sector for other women.
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Mwinyi calls for urgent food system transformation
President Hussein Mwinyi has called for a rapid transformation of food systems to meet the growing demand for fish in the face of increasing population and urbanisation.