Ep.22: Understudied Sargassum landings in Tanzania with Jerry Mang’ena

Jerry Mang’ena is a Marine Biologist, Aquapreneur, and the co-founder and director of Aqua-Farms Organisation in Tanzania. He is a tutor at the School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology of the University of Dar es Salaam a co-organizer of TEDxOysterbay, a Mandela Washington Fellow, a Global shaper and a Climate Reality leader. Jerry has been able to penetrate the international seaweed market by exporting Seaweed to the United States. He is committed to protecting the ocean from unsustainable use and firmly believes that if aquatic resources are sustainably used they can help to mitigate climate change impacts and poverty. Since 2018, using a Gender-sensitive approach, he has changed lives of 58 women from Zanzibar Islands through training on financial literacy, business management skills, value addition to seaweed-based products. He lives in Tanzania and does most of his work in Zanzibar, an island on the East Coast of Africa that also experiences influxes by Sargassum, a phenomenon that is not well known.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

- Intro ~ 0:00

- Guest intro ~ 1:28

- What is sargassum to you ~ 3:00

- History of sargassum in Zanzibar ~ 4:04

- Quantity of sargassum ~ 6:50

- Sargassum’s effect on different stakeholder groups ~ 8:01

o Fisherman and sargassum ~ 10:00

o Seaweed farmers ~ 11:30

o Tourism industry ~ 13:30

o Fishing industry ~ 15:30

- People positively interacting with endangered species (dugongs, sea turtle) ~ 17:45

- The coral reefs of the region ~ 21:00

- People interacting with sargassum ~ 23:40

- People using sargassum ~ 24:45

o Chickenpox medicine ~ 25:00

o Skin care ~ 25:38

- Aquaculture ~ 26:38

- Nile fish ~ 30:10

- International organizations helping with local community ~ 31:57

- Good bye ~ 34:58

Transcript

For more information about Jerry and his organisations:

֍ Aqua farms organization Website

֍ Aqua farms organization Twitter

֍ Aqua farms organization Instagram

֍ Aqua farms organization Facebook

֍ Aqua farms organization: Youtube channel

֍ Jerry‘s Linkedin

֍ Jerry‘s Instagram

֍ Seaweed Innovate Instagram

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