The big deal about small fish

In markets across Africa, you will often find stalls displaying heaps of tiny, dried fish. These small indigenous fish are a precious ingredient in low-income household diets. They are also a booming business. For instance, around 600,000 tons of small fish is caught on Lake Victoria each year, making it the world’s second largest freshwater fishery in terms of volume. However, policy attention for the significance of small fish for global food security is almost entirely lacking – both in Africa and Europe. The SmallFishFood project addresses this blind spot.

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