Vivienne Stein-Rostaing, Author at Reef Doctor - Marine Conservation

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Entries by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Seaweed Sales Across the Bay

March 2, 2016/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

It was a busy month for seaweed farmers across the Bay of Ranobe in February, with sales taking place in four villages. On Monday 15th, the village of Ambolamailaky celebrated their first seaweed sale since the Darwin Initiative-funded project was implemented there in October 2015. Twenty-two farming households sold a total of 858 kg of […]

Working Towards Gender Equality and Poverty Alleviation in the Bay of Ranobe

February 23, 2016/in Blog/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Pashna is an 18-year-old woman who lives in the village of Ifaty with her husband and baby. She is an intelligent hardworking woman who, until recently, could look forward to a future raising her child and caring for her family, but had little or no prospects when it came to getting paid work outside the […]

Ambolamailaky Sea Cucumber Sale Success

February 18, 2016/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by RD Communications Officer Ivana Rubino The village of Ambolamailaky had another successful sea cucumber sale on Tuesday 9th February, as part of Darwin Initiative-funded Alternative Livelihoods Programme. It was a very busy sale because all of the 20 farming households in the village had a good harvest. Spring tides occur directly after a new or […]

Ministry of Fisheries Witnesses Andrevo Success

February 10, 2016/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by Cale Golding (Senior Aquaculture Technician) & Ivana Rubino (RD Comms Officer) On Saturday 6th February representatives of the Pole Integres de Croissance (PIC – a government-funded project that aims to develop a better understanding of economics for already established projects and businesses in Madagascar), the General Director of the Ministry of Fisheries of Madagascar – Monsieur […]

Sea cucumber farming raises households out of poverty

February 2, 2016/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by Cale Golding and Oriana Wouters (Aquaculture Team), and Ivana Rubino (RD Comms Officer) The small fishing community of Andrevo in the Bay of Ranobe celebrated their third crop of farmed sea cucumbers last week, with a record harvest. Five households sold 1639 sea cucumbers in total, generating over 6.6 million MGA (6,626,500 MGA […]