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Blue Growth Initiative through Farming of Silver Pompano (Trachinotus blochii) and Rabbit Fish (Siganus sutor) for Food Security and Improved Livelihood in East Africa (BLUEGRASI)

Project Objectives General Objectives To increase fish production through silver pompano and rabbit fish farming in Tanzania and Kenya marine waters. Specific Objectives To breed and produce seeds for silver pompano and rabbit fish under hatchery conditions. To examine growth performance of silver pompano and rabbit fish fed on different feed diets and stocked at...
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Project Objectives General objective To upgrade the living conditions of East African rural communities through establishment of innovative Artemia Value Chain (AVC) linkages that involves production of Artemia biomass and application in emerging larviculture initiatives. Specific objectives To characterize local Artemia biotopes in Kenyan and Tanzanian coast using molecular techniques To establish an innovative biofloc...
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Project Objectives The following objectives were proposed for the study: Undertake a literature review of the known diversity, distributions, biology, ecology and socio-ecological importance of WIO Anguillids. Establish hypotheses of the biology and ecology of WIO Anguillids and their use as a targeted fisheries species from existing literature and specialist solicitations from fisheries managers/scientists and...
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Project Objectives To develop a coarse-scale seabed classification scheme for the continental shelf and upper slope habitats in the WIO To characterize and determine the spatial extent of benthic communities of the continental shelf and upper slope in the western part of the WIO To create the first benthic biotope descriptions for the continental shelf...
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Project Objectives To evaluate the historical and present status of billfish species in the WIO. To examine the spatial and temporal distribution of billfish species with regard to fishing pressure, proximity to markets, management status and climate-change driven environmental factors. To evaluate the genetic stock structure of the billfish family Istiophoridae using seasonal and spatial...
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Project Objectives The project aims to understand to what extent food-provisioning services in the form of fish larval production are threatened by habitat degradation and fragmentation, and how production of this natural resource is related to climate change and development in the coastal WIO region. Specific objectives include 1) Identify habitat conditions critical for fish...
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Project Objectives The overarching goal of the project is to quantify difference in microplastics occurrence and distribution in various aquatic environmental matrices and examine the adsorption of chemicals on microplastics, their ingestion, trophic transfer and chemical release, and a wide array of ecotoxicological effects on invertebrates and vertebrates and to communicate the findings of the...
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Project Objectives This trans-disciplinary project will study how to strengthen the coastal resilience against coastal erosion by combining terrestrial and marine ecosystem-based protection. It aims to identify and evaluate ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows for humans and improved biodiversity in Western Indian Ocean. Specific objectives of the project are: Investigate stakeholder and citizen needs...
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Project Objectives The goal of the proposed project is to describe genetic diversity, population structure and connectivity of two commercially important small tuna species, Kawakawa and Skipjack, across the participating countries and relate this to key economic, biological and environmental information to inform management and development of this sector. Key objectives of the project would...
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