The WLE 2018 Annual Report > Highlights from 2018

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Leader in sustainable aquaculture
WorldFish continued to strengthen its global lead in sustainable aquaculture, with three genetics research platforms now fully operational. In 2018, we successfully produced new generations of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in Malaysia, of the Abbassa strain tilapia in Egypt, and of rohu carp and base populations of catla and silver carp in Bangladesh. Other notable successes include biosecurity improvements in Egypt and Bangladesh, the tracking of disease outbreak in Malaysia as a world first and the accelerated dissemination of best management practices for improved strains of tilapia across Africa and Asia.