Smart Aquaculture Biosecurity (SAB)
The Smart Aquaculture Biosecurity (SAB) project aims to assist countries to effectively implement biosecurity governance, systems and practices through the use of smart and digital tools.
News
SAB
12 December 2023
Launched in 2020, the "Smart and Sustainable Aquaculture through Effective Biosecurity and Digital Technology" (referred to as "Smart Aquaculture Biosecurity, SAB") seeks to promote biosecurity governance, foster sustainable shrimp farming, and address potential risks within the aquaculture value chain. The [...more]
SAB
07 September 2023
The Korea-funded Smart Aquaculture Biosecurity (SAB) project, aimed at assisting countries and relevant stakeholders in taking preventive actions against any disastrous situations in the shrimp value chain sector, is organizing a validation workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, following its inception [...more]
SAB
20 July 2023
The Smart Aquaculture Bosecurity (SAB) project is making progresses in achieving the implementation of digital tools for shrimp aquaculture biosecurity through a series of round table discussions which involve a diverse group of technical experts. By fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing [...more]
SAB
30 May 2023
As global aquaculture production continues to grow worldwide, Sri Lanka has experienced a significant increase in its own aquaculture sector. In 2017, the country's aquaculture production reached approximately 50 700 tonnes, reflecting a remarkable increase of 66% compared to 2018. [...more]
SAB
08 November 2022
The Republic of Korea through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is investing USD 1.2 million to strengthen shrimp aquaculture in Sri Lanka. The investment is part of a global project implemented by FAO in Sri [...more]
SAB
07 November 2022
8-10 November 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the Ministry of Fisheries of Sri Lanka are jointly launching a Project Inception Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Aquaculture through Effective Biosecurity and Digital Technology.
Through an in-depth presentation [...more]
SAB
12 April 2021
A two-day hybrid meeting will bring together all aquaculture stakeholders in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to discuss how smart and sustainable aquaculture may contribute to achieve economic, environmental, and social sustainability and enhance biosecurity governance, systems and practices [...more]
SAB
18 December 2020
Biosecurity is a fundamental concept to prevent and control the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases in aquaculture systems. Fish disease limits successful aquaculture production, with lasting effects on socio-economic development. It can lead, among the others, to food shortage, [...more]
Resources
SAB
This report highlights the accomplishments of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) consultations and round-table discussions on the PMP/AB that were held during 2019. These include the following: (i) the Second Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on the Progressive [...more]
2020
Publications
SAB
This report presents the results of a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting, where experts from competent authorities, intergovernmental organizations, the aquaculture industry, academe, and research institutions examined the two previous consultations on the Progressive Management Pathway for Improving Aquaculture Biosecurity [...more]
2020
Publications
SAB
This report presents the results of a second multi-stakeholder consultation on the Progressive Management Pathway for Improving Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB), where 41 participants from government, the private sector, academe, and international agencies and donors took stock of the drivers of [...more]
2020
Publications
SAB
The contents of this Shrimp acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease strategy manual provides information and guidance relevant to the development of policies to respond to outbreaks of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in farmed marine shrimp. The etiologic agents for AHPND [...more]
2020
Publications
SAB
Report of the FAO Workshop on Risk-based Fish Rejection at Borders – Rome, 30 October to 1 November 2019The FAO workshop on risk-based fish inspection at borders was held to understand the key food safety standard compliance challenges when exporting [...more]
2020
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