Our Professor Tom Hecht was appointed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to develop a set of regional harmonised guidelines for hatchery and broodstock management, gene banking and stock enhancement.

Advance Africa were appointed by the FAO’s Subregional office for Southern Africa (SFS) to support aquaculture management, strategy, visibility, planning and project formulation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

We were contracted by Farm Africa to conduct a high-level Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Kenya Market-Led Aquaculture Programme (KMAP). The KMAP was developed in response to a decline in wild fish stocks in Lake Victoria and an increase in demand for fish in Kenya. KMAP aimed to support farmers and traders with technical and business support training as well as link them to markets and service providers to ensure sustainable growth of their business and develop a vibrant aquaculture industry.

The FAO contracted our Professor Tom Hecht as Aquaculture Sector Analyst to improve the understanding of the governance of aquaculture employment in South Africa, with the purpose of learning from positive and negative lessons and suggesting possible corrective measures for substandard practices to improve the public perception of aquaculture.

Advance Africa was appointed by the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) as Strategy Specialist and Project Leader for the development of a Mariculture Master Plan (MMP) for Seychelles.

Our Professor Emeritus Tom Hecht was contracted by the South African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to develop the SADC Aquaculture Strategy and Action Plan (RASAP).

Advance Africa was contracted by the WorldFish Centre to develop an Aquaculture Evaluation Tool for the SADC Region. The tool was presented by Advance Africa at the SADC Aquaculture Science-Expert Working Group Meeting, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in December 2016.

Advance Africa were contracted by the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to evaluate the technical and financial feasibility of Mediterranean mussel, Pacific oyster, Atlantic salmon and dusky kob aquaculture in South Africa. In 2008 Advance Africa was contracted by Basileus Capital to assess the biological and economic viability of integrated abalone, finfish and seaweed aquaculture in South Africa.