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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With COP28 underway in Dubai, international research and innovation organisation WorldFish is strongly advocating for the inclusion of small-scale fishers in the Loss and Damage Fund, initiated at COP27 and due for operationalisation at this year’s COP.

4th December 2023

Calls for small-scale fisheries inclusion in COP28 fund

4th December 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

After two decades of talks, United Nations’ member countries have agreed a treaty to protect the high seas that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

6th March 2023

UN gives ‘historic’ protection to high seas

6th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A package of measures to improve the sustainability and resilience of the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors has been published by the European Commission.

21st February 2023

New EU plan launched

21st February 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Political leaders attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh are being called on to act decisively to mainstream good fisheries management as effective carbon management within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UN processes.

11th November 2022

Protect oceans, COP urged

11th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The creation of a new initiative that aims to support the transition to a sustainable blue economy in the European Union’s Southern Neighbourhood countries in the Mediterranean region has been announced at…

10th November 2022

Blue Med partnership

10th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To help restore ocean health, companies selling wild-caught seafood need to demonstrate a lot more accountability in their product procurement and ensure that they are sourcing from fishing operations that are behaving…

9th March 2022

John Kerry: Industry must step up

9th March 2022