Communicator for @pewenvironment international fisheries work. Come for the tuna talk, stay for the pug pics. Views my own. Contact: LWeiser@pewtrusts.org.
Washington, DC
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National Park Service has neglected Anacostia Park - a Spotlight DC investigation with East of the River News. eastoftheriverdcnews.com/202…
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The demand for squid is rising fast, but protections for them haven't kept up.
This month, countries can agree to sustainably manage the species in the South Pacific, the world's largest squid fishery. #SPRFMO pewtrsts.org/4aWPOSw
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15 years ago today, the @FAO Conference approved the #PSMA, the only binding tool to #FightIUUFishing.
Over 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ States have since then become Party to the Agreement.
Check out how #PSMA is combatting #IUUFishing & advancing #SustainableFisheries 👉 buff.ly/3OmcGzU
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Wishing all the best for your mandate, Commissioner @CostasKadis. May #ICCAT2024 in your home country 🇨🇾be an auspicious start, with the adoption of measures that ensure sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems.
#StayTuned
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1.42 million metric tons of commercial tunas—heavier than 140 Eiffel Towers—are transshipped annually.
However, transshipments that are not adequately managed can open the door to illegal activity.
New data dives deep into how much money is at stake: pew.org/4gSv9Rv
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Global fisheries health has fallen largely due to overfishing.
This November, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMO) can adopt data-backed catch limits, set by harvest strategies, for five commercially and ecologically important fish.
What they can do. 🧵 👇
ALT The number of sustainable fish populations fell from 90% in 1974 to 62% in 2021. Source: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Day 2: The urgency is palpable as CCAMLR Members discuss marine protections for Antarctica. With rising temperatures and melting ice, choices today will shape the future of this vital ecosystem. Time to prioritize krill management and secure the D1MPA. pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…
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📢PSA to all #consultants and #researchers with an interest in #maritime and #fisheries! We are currently running two requests for proposals:
🐟Impact of External Threats on #SeafoodTrade
🦪Catalyzing DEI to Support Oyster #Aquaculture & Restoration
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Right now, the @UN General Assembly is convening.
5 ways #UNGA can work to improve our ocean’s health:
📜 Advance the #HighSeas treaty
♻️ Tackle plastic pollution
⏸ Pause on seabed mining
🐟 Reduce harmful fisheries subsidies
🚫 Combat illegal fishing
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This September, fisheries managers can agree to keep tuna sustainable in the face of climate change.
How? They can agree to implement better data collection, harvest strategies, and efficient compliance processes. #IATTC 📸 Fabien Forget/ISSF pew.org/4dC8YN6
ALT The text “Tuna fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean are worth $5 billion annually.” Over an image of a dense school of torpedo-shaped, silvery fish, each with a yellow dorsal fin, a single yellow steak from head to tail, and a slightly ridged back, swims left to right through blue ocean waters.
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NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY at Pew on the needs and opportunities for understanding seaweed farming impacts in Alaska and British Columbia. We hope to inform management approaches that are right-sized, adaptive and effective for ensuring sustainable outcomes.
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Happening now: The @FAO's Committee on Fisheries (#COFI36) convenes in Rome to focus on ways to keep our fisheries sustainable.
Here's a look at just four of the many ways governments can work toward a sustainable ocean. 👇🧵
ALT Striped marlin hunting mackerel as divers look on, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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We know more about our solar system than we do about the depths of the ocean.
This #WorldOceansDay, here are 5 threats to our ocean—and 5 ways we can help protect it. 🧵👇
ALT Colorful fish, a stingray, and black tipped sharks swimming below the waterline. A partly cloudy sky above.
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Governments must work together to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (#IUU) for the health of our ocean.
On #IUUDay, here are a few reasons why: pew.org/3VbPsiL
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1: FIFA via Getty Images
2: Oleh_Slobodeniuk/Getty Images
3: Andrés Pérez Wittmann/Getty
ALT A seafood market with multiple types of fish in the foreground. One employee looks at other speaking in the backgorund
ALT Twenty to thirty fishing boats over green-blue water
ALT A pair of hands untangling a green fishing line
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This is likely one of the most important Ocean reports to be published in 2024.
Stay tuned! 🐟🎣🇺🇳
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Really pleased to have worked with @MuzaffarIM on this piece ahead of the IOTC meeting this month: The fight over fish attractors in the Indian Ocean
"The ocean is like our mother ... Whenever we turn to it for sustenance, it never sends us back empty handed."
Latest piece for @DialogueEarth_ on drifting fish aggregating devices🗑️🐟⛵
@journalismfund
#ocean #dFADs #IOTC #tuna #fisheries
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Ecosystem-based fisheries management and harvest strategies can help promote:
🐟 Sustainable fisheries
🎣 Less bycatch and habitat damage
🌎 Resilient ecosystems
These 2 tools can help make this a reality: pew.org/47N1TXi
#MakeEBFMWork pew.org/3tj5ca7
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In this article, My @PewTrusts colleagues Eric Walton and Katy Hladki discuss how seafood suppliers and retailers can support sustainable fishing practices. pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…
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Puffins and porpoises just gained much needed protections.
@DefraGovUK and @ScotgovMarine announced plans to permanently close sandeel fisheries in the UK, showing a commitment to North Sea ecosystem health. #EBFM #30by30 ow.ly/FzP250QwvNy
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Critical step to #MakeEBFMWork as the UK announces a domestic closure to sandeel fishing.
Fish species like sandeel (that are central to the diet of many struggling, charismatic predators) need cautious management & this is a move in the right direction: gov.uk/government/news/natur…