News Zambia, April 2025: COFAD secures contract for aquaculture training and support for small-scale armers in Luapula Province COFAD is proud to announce its new contract to provide aquaculture training and follow-up loops for small-scale farmers in Luapula Province, Zambia, under the GIZ Global Programme Sustainable Aquatic Food. This project aims to enhance sustainable aquaculture practices and boost local food security. Morocco, March 2025 - COFAD was awarded a contract for fisheries and mariculture value chain analysis COFAD has been contracted by the World Bank to conduct a fisheries and mariculture value chain analysis in Morocco as part of the North Africa Blue Economy and Coastal Management (MENA Blue) Maghreb - Phase II initiative. The project is meant to identify investment opportunities, necessary policy reforms and strategies to improve the sector's performance while promoting sustainability and climate resilience. COFAD GmbH - 40 years of expertise and partnership After being founded in 1983, COFAD has been registered as a GmbH (limited liability company) in October 1984. The company quickly gained reputation in the sector and is a well established and widely respected consulting company in the field of fisheries, aquaculture and the blue economy today. Uganda - COFAD gets awarded the contract to support the aquafeed sector development We are pleased to have been awarded the Aquafeed study under the World Bank's PROBLUE program to support aquafeed and fish feed development in Uganda. The COFAD team is pleased to be able to contribute to strengthening the aquaculture sector and farmers in Uganda. Kongo - Important turn in unlocking tilapia and catfish farming models in Congo The technical and financial models for tilapia and catfish production in the Koilou region Congo were validated after 1,5 years of trials at farm level. An increase of productivity and incomes significantly improves the support of food insecure parts of the population. Tunisia - Launch of the Study on Fisheries Governance and Management Improvement and first mission of our team We are pleased to announce the successful launch of our study on improving fisheries governance and management in Tunisia. This important study funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the EU under the MEDFISHTUN programme, undertaken by the consortium of COFAD, Poseidon, and Betapi, in collaboration with the Direction Générale des Pêches et de l'Aquaculture (DGPA), aims to enhance sustainable fishing practices. EU - Study EMFAF support to the European Fishing Fleet On behalf of the European Parliament (EP), COFAD has undertaken a study on the support offered by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) to the European fishing fleet. The study was presented in the PECH Committee of the EP. Germany – Process Evaluation of the of the German EMFAF programme M&E Factory and COFAD have started to implement the first evaluation of implementation structures and processes of the German EMFAF programme. New team member in COFAD A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Team Member, Victor Baizeau Mauritania - Strengthening of IMROP research capacities progress with the design of multidisciplinary research projects and new research center laboratories construction The COFAD multidisciplinary team is making progress with the core team of IMROP scientists. After validating the research diagnosis and skills mapping, the scientists are working on training, developing scientific multidisciplinary projects and setting up laboratories. Show more
Zambia, April 2025: COFAD secures contract for aquaculture training and support for small-scale armers in Luapula Province COFAD is proud to announce its new contract to provide aquaculture training and follow-up loops for small-scale farmers in Luapula Province, Zambia, under the GIZ Global Programme Sustainable Aquatic Food. This project aims to enhance sustainable aquaculture practices and boost local food security.
Morocco, March 2025 - COFAD was awarded a contract for fisheries and mariculture value chain analysis COFAD has been contracted by the World Bank to conduct a fisheries and mariculture value chain analysis in Morocco as part of the North Africa Blue Economy and Coastal Management (MENA Blue) Maghreb - Phase II initiative. The project is meant to identify investment opportunities, necessary policy reforms and strategies to improve the sector's performance while promoting sustainability and climate resilience.
COFAD GmbH - 40 years of expertise and partnership After being founded in 1983, COFAD has been registered as a GmbH (limited liability company) in October 1984. The company quickly gained reputation in the sector and is a well established and widely respected consulting company in the field of fisheries, aquaculture and the blue economy today.
Uganda - COFAD gets awarded the contract to support the aquafeed sector development We are pleased to have been awarded the Aquafeed study under the World Bank's PROBLUE program to support aquafeed and fish feed development in Uganda. The COFAD team is pleased to be able to contribute to strengthening the aquaculture sector and farmers in Uganda.
Kongo - Important turn in unlocking tilapia and catfish farming models in Congo The technical and financial models for tilapia and catfish production in the Koilou region Congo were validated after 1,5 years of trials at farm level. An increase of productivity and incomes significantly improves the support of food insecure parts of the population.
Tunisia - Launch of the Study on Fisheries Governance and Management Improvement and first mission of our team We are pleased to announce the successful launch of our study on improving fisheries governance and management in Tunisia. This important study funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the EU under the MEDFISHTUN programme, undertaken by the consortium of COFAD, Poseidon, and Betapi, in collaboration with the Direction Générale des Pêches et de l'Aquaculture (DGPA), aims to enhance sustainable fishing practices.
EU - Study EMFAF support to the European Fishing Fleet On behalf of the European Parliament (EP), COFAD has undertaken a study on the support offered by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) to the European fishing fleet. The study was presented in the PECH Committee of the EP.
Germany – Process Evaluation of the of the German EMFAF programme M&E Factory and COFAD have started to implement the first evaluation of implementation structures and processes of the German EMFAF programme.
Mauritania - Strengthening of IMROP research capacities progress with the design of multidisciplinary research projects and new research center laboratories construction The COFAD multidisciplinary team is making progress with the core team of IMROP scientists. After validating the research diagnosis and skills mapping, the scientists are working on training, developing scientific multidisciplinary projects and setting up laboratories.
