The Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) is a non-profit scientific society founded in 1984 by fishery professionals in Asia. The society aims at promoting networking and co-operation between scientists, technicians and all stakeholders involved in fisheries (including aquaculture) production, research and development in Asia. Its ultimate objective is to enhance food security and income generating opportunities for fisheries workers via sound management practices, environmentally sustainable development and efficient utilization of the aquatic resources. More information on the objectives, highlight, past and present activities of the Society are given in the subsequent sections.
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E-Newsletter June 2024
07 Aug, 2024
MESSAGE FROM EDITOR FAO has released its annual report on The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 which gives details of the sector as of 2022. Just to give an idea where Asia stands with respect to production – 70% of global aquatic animal production comes from Asia, while aquaculture in Asia contributes over 88% to global aquacultur...
Highlight from the June issue of the AFS journal, Asian Fisheries Science.
30 Jul, 2024
Here we highlight two articles of note from the June issue of the AFS journal, Asian Fisheries Science: one on examining export opportunities and power dynamics in Indonesian fisheries; and the second on fish protein as potential fish albumin source for sperm capacitation. Nasution et al. 2024. Opportunity to Export Fish Directly From the Outermost I...
Murni Marlina Abd Karim is a Professor at the Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture and Deputy Director at the International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
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