Title of the Initiative (project/programme): Community-based holothurian aquaculture as a sustainable alternative livelihood
Project Overview:
Start date: 2011
End date:
Countries covered: Madagascar
Donor(s): Norgesvel, Prince Albert of Monaco Foundation, Smart Fish, CITE
Principal Investigator: Blue Ventures
Website: https://blueventures.org/conservation/aquaculture/
Aim/Objectives:
A model is developed for community-based aquaculture in which farms are fully owned and operated by communities. Our community-based aquaculture initiative provides coastal people with new sources of income, allowing improved access to food and education, while alleviating pressure on fisheries and marine biodiversity.
Key activities:
Blue Ventures provides training and setup finance. We also help to nurture small business development with training programmes that build the technical, financial, managerial and organisational skills needed by fishermen and women to manage their own aquaculture businesses.
Main outputs:
Partners involved: The University of Edinburgh, ABEF 2019