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For the last four decades, global capture stocks and catch have either been stagnant or declining. This has created an opportunity to upscale sustainable aquaculture initiatives and practices to consolidate the vital role of aquatic foods for global food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. The 2021-2030 blue transformation roadmap envisions sustainable aquaculture to boost production to over 131 million tons and revenue to over 312 billion USD per year. Today aquaculture production accounts for 59 percent of the global fisheries production. However, in Africa, transitions to aquaculture are dominated by a few countries, and most countries engaged in aquaculture are not exploiting their full potential. This might create food insecure futures for the already vulnerable populations in Africa. In this study, a bibliometric analysis of 200 papers sourced from the Scopus online database is conducted to (i) explore performance trends in research and policy on aquaculture and (ii) uncover systemic challenges and opportunities towards sustainable aquaculture. Although aquaculture research has increased, there is limited focus on sustainable aquaculture practices. Key policy themes are exclusionary. Increasing human-environmental challenges limit possibilities for funding research and co-governance. There are few collaborations to promote sustainable aquaculture practices across most African researchers, institutions, and countries. In this study, a collaborative roadmap (that includes four critical entry points for sustainable aquaculture transitions), is developed. Enhancing sustainable aquaculture practices requires diverse integrated socioecological approaches including community co-design and co-governance. This promotes voluntary commitments to sustainable aquaculture, especially among the majority of vulnerable small-scale fisherfolk.

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The prolonged conflict in greater Darfur region, western Sudan since 2003 resulted in the displacement of about two million persons. The conflict and the successive waves of the interlay displaced peoples IDPs from the affected areas placed a large overburden on the already overstretched water resources. The current investigations focusing on to assess the available water resources to be expand and exploited for human settlements as fundamental roles for sustainable peace and development. The methods of investigations are mainly depends on the data acquired during the sector partner program guided by UNICEF and sectors partners working in Darfur region. They collect the data regards the groundwater and surface water through the monitoring program. These data including remote sensing data, hydrogeological, hydrological and watershed data that analyzed for to assess the performance of the available water resources to satisfy the human needs and development. Low level access to safe drinking water in IDPs locations since the majority of them are depending on groundwater as their main source of water needs. The issue of groundwater overuse/depletion at the IDPs locations is getting high level attention among the international humanitarian partners in Sudan, mainly because of the high concentration in areas with apparently limited groundwater storage. No valuable detail assessment for surface water resources for the region.  The average annual rainfall totals is estimated at 66 billion m³/year; approximately 85% is lost due to high evaporation rates, soil moisture and transpired by vegetation cover. The remaining value is 9.9 billion m³/year; 5% of it replenishes the groundwater aquifers and 10% becomes surface runoff into the neighboring regions. The water development strategies were urgently needed for to secure the growing water needs through; artificial recharge of groundwater and surface water harvesting through IWRM programs to sustain the communities’ peace and development.

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Babylonia areolata is a shallow benthic carnivorous gastropod that is widely distributed in coastal areas of the Indo-Western Pacific Ocean. Due to its delicious taste and high nutritional value, it is highly favored by consumers. Since the breakthrough of artificial seedling technology for B. areolata in China around the year 2000, the aquaculture industry of B. areolata has gradually developed. Currently, B. areolata is cultured in Thailand, Vietnam, and China, with China being the main country for B. areolata farming and having formed a large-scale B. areolata aquaculture industry. However, in recent years, due to reasons such as genetic degradation, there have been significant declines in cultured traits and frequent outbreaks of diseases during the breeding process. Therefore, to solve the difficulties faced by the aquaculture industry, based on years of research in B. areolata biology, our team took the lead in conducting research on selective breeding, cross breeding, and family breeding in B. areolata and achieved significant genetic progress, promoting the stable and healthy development of the B. areolata aquaculture industry.

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In the face of growing global food security concerns and environmental sustainability challenges, the significance of accurately monitoring and managing offshore aquaculture cannot be overstated. This study addresses the critical scientific question of how to achieve high-precision mapping and assessment of China’s offshore aquaculture facilities, a task previously hindered by the limitations of existing research, including the use of low-resolution remote sensing data, oversimplified classifications of aquaculture facilities, inadequate performance of detection algorithms, and a lack of dynamic mapping capabilities. Our groundbreaking research employs advanced remote sensing techniques to map and analyze the spatial and temporal evolution of China’s offshore aquaculture, introducing a detailed classification system that distinguishes six distinct types of aquaculture facilities. By harnessing high-resolution satellite imagery and employing state-of-the-art deep learning models, we enhance detection algorithm performance, enabling more precise and efficient monitoring. Our findings provide a detailed distribution and change analysis over time, essential for informing sustainable management practices and policy development in the aquaculture sector. This study not only deepens the scientific comprehension of China’s marine aquaculture but also establishes a new benchmark for applying remote sensing in sustainable aquaculture management, emphasizing its role in enhancing precision, efficiency, and ecological sustainability in the context of global food security