KMFRI Director General Dr Paul S. Orina today held a courtesy call meeting with the WorldFish internal audit team from Sri Lanka, together with @WorldFishCenter staff from Mombasa. The discussions focused on the current engagements between KMFRI and WorldFish, underscoring

Learners and teachers from Mutonga Comprehensive School visited KMFRI Mutonga for an exciting educational tour on fish farming. The visit offered students a hands-on experience in sustainable aquaculture and environmental conservation, a timely learning moment just before they

𝑲𝑴𝑭𝑹𝑰 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊, 𝑽𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 KMFRI convened a two-day Marine Spatial Plan Stakeholders’ Workshop at the

𝑲𝑴𝑭𝑹𝑰 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒐 KMFRI research scientists and the technical team based at the Baringo Station conducted a three-day field study covering River Molo, Lake 94, and Lake Baringo. The

🎉 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒓. 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒂! 🎉 KMFRI is proud to celebrate our very own Dr. Juliet Karisa on her appointment to the Coral Restoration Consortium’s (CRC) Advisory Board! 🌍💙 Dr. Karisa, a distinguished marine scientist, continues to

𝑲𝑴𝑭𝑹𝑰 𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑲𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) paid a courtesy visit to the Kwale County

🌊 𝑲𝑴𝑭𝑹𝑰 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕! 🌊 We’re proud to be part of the Coral Accelerator Program (CAP) 2024, an initiative supporting innovative reef restoration across the globe. One of this year’s

🇰🇪 Happy Mashujaa Day! 🇰🇪 As we commemorate Mashujaa Day 2025, KMFRI joins the nation in celebrating the courage, resilience, and sacrifice of our heroes and heroines, both past and present, who have played a pivotal role in shaping our nation’s destiny. We pay special tribute

We join the nation in mourning the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, E.G.H, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. His leadership and commitment to national unity will forever be remembered. Rest in Eternal Peace. #RailaOdinga, #Tribute,

KMFRI Sangoro team, led by Robert Ondiba and Safina Musa, hosted fisheries officers from Uasin Gishu County, led by the Assistant Director, Madam Edna Kemei. The fisheries managers visited the centre for a skill enhancement and sensitisation exercise on emerging aquaculture

Reflection from the 13th WIOMSA symposium, where together, we charted new paths for sustainable oceans. @wiomsa

🌿 𝑴𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑹𝑨 𝑫𝑨𝒀 2025 🌍 This year’s theme: “Citizen-centric Tree Growing and Environmental Stewardship”, reminds us that protecting our planet starts with you and me. As an institute, we are proud to be part of the journey to grow 15 billion trees by 2032 and

Dr. Jonathan Munguti, KMFRI, Director - Aquaculture, visited the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) to review progress on the ongoing project “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (FASA).”

KMFRI and @National_Bank are leading the charge in sustainable Blue Economy investments. Through innovative financing tools like blue bonds and blended finance, they’re laying the foundation for resilient coastal communities. For more information, click the link below: 🔗

🥳📣 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐌𝐅𝐑𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐚 KMFRI, in collaboration with the Wildlife Research and Training Institute, hosted the launch of the MESCAL Project — Multiscale Connectivity at Species and Community Levels to Achieve

Mombasa's sunset marked the end of the largest #13thWIOMSA scientific conference in the WIO region with diverse actors in the blue economy sector, harmoniously underscoring that the management of the Indian Ocean 🌊 must go beyond traditional focus areas, such as fisheries and

𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍! 🌊💡 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦, 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ, 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎

🍸✨ Closing Cocktail for the 13th WIOMSA Symposium 2025 ✨🍸 The curtains came down in style at the Closing Cocktail of the 13th WIOMSA Symposium 2025, graced by Hon. Francis Thoya, the Deputy Governor, Mombasa County, as Guest Speaker. It was a proud moment for KMFRI as Dr.

Dr. Esther Fondo delivers a powerful talk on leveraging technology through electronic monitoring, an initiative that aims to improve transparency in Kenya's marine fisheries through the use of earth observation tools to support Fisheries Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 🐙 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧🌊 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 Despite progress in developing evidence-based assessment and