We’d need to use a huge amount of ocean space to get even close to hitting targets. If we’re going to prevent the gravest dangers of global warming, experts agree, removing significant amounts of ...

Climate change, overfishing and habitat loss have caused a sharp decline in fish stocks around Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania. To find a new income from the sea, women from Pemba are turning ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. About 5 ...

The chairperson of Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers Organization Fatuma Mohammed Usi sorts some of the ready dried harvested seaweed. [Gideon Maundu, Standard] If you tour Kibuyuni village in Kwale county, ...

Meet the seaweed farmers of Zanzibar. These women are pioneers in a profitable industry, which was previously dominated by men. They’ve used their profits to support their community and uplift women ...

There is an estimated 3.5 million square miles of ocean space suitable for finfish mariculture and about five times that suitable for seaweed production. It’s a potential that is being realized around ...

Under the equatorial sun, women wade knee-deep in the turquoise waters off Paje beach, their colorful kangas rippling in the breeze. In their hands are baskets filled with seaweed — the marine algae ...

Seaweed farming is a rapidly expanding global industry. As a food resource, it has high nutritional value and doesn't need ...