October 2021
Recent years have shown us the power of movement building and citizen mobilisation. Around the world, millions of people have taken to the streets to protest racial injustice and climate inaction. Grassroots organising has given rise to global movements. We’ve realised that to tackle systemic, deep rooted issues, we need to come together like never before.
That’s why we want to build a global movement to tackle destructive fishing and restore our ocean. It’s a movement that champions a new vision for marine conservation that focuses on mainstreaming local stewardship of nearshore waters. It’s a movement that seeks to achieve conservation goals while securing food security and small-scale fishing livelihoods.
We are thrilled to be working with partners to coordinate a single common front against the most pervasive and severe form of destructive fishing – bottom trawling – with coherent policy solutions and a united voice through the new Transform Bottom Trawling coalition.
Dive in and learn more about how we are putting people at the centre of advocacy for our oceans in this latest issue of Hooked.
Blue Ventures’ trustee speaks at IUCN opening of the World Conservation Congress in Marseille:
Held once every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia, with the goal of conserving the environment and harnessing the solutions nature offers to global challenges.
Speaking at the opening plenary ‘A Dynamic Ocean’, Blue Ventures’ board member Dr Mialy Andriamahefazafy highlighted the importance of putting coastal communities at the centre of conservation efforts and harnessing indigenous knowledge in our response to the climate and ecological emergency.
Madagascar joins the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI):
The government of Madagascar has announced its plans to enter the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), joining recent commitments of other coastal states including Senegal, Seychelles and Mauritania.
The FiTI is a global transparency standard which aims to help coastal countries increase the credibility and quality of national fisheries information. Blue Ventures has worked in Madagascar for more than eighteen years to support local efforts to rebuild fisheries with coastal communities, and welcomes the Madagascar government’s decision to join FiTI. Our team in Antananarivo is providing technical support to the Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy to meet the challenge.
Meet Coastal and Marine Resource Development (COMRED), a Kenyan conservation organisation based in Mombasa. COMRED nurtures practical solutions to problems facing Kenya’s coastal communities and the marine environment.
Working closely with local Beach Management Units (BMUs) from Kwale County on Kenya’s south coast, COMRED held learning exchanges between management groups and is helping the Munje BMU set up its first temporary fishery closure.
Meet Indah, Fisheries lead with our Indonesian partner organisation Yayasan Pesisir Lestari (YPL)
Indah’s work with YPL focuses on supporting fishing communities to secure their marine tenure rights as a foundation for locally led management and conservation. Her work includes incorporating traditional knowledge into fisheries management and working with the government to recognise and safeguard this cultural heritage. Indah’s team is equipping and inspiring coastal communities to take steps to rebuild their fisheries through locally led fisheries management.
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