Director @GSA_Seafood Consultant @FriendsofOcean VP @SOLITCRS Seafood, forests, risk, oceans, waste, standards. Honorary Professor Heriot-Watt
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
Reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering aquatic foods can significantly minimize loss and waste, #FLW.
Explore this eLearning course & learn how fish by-products can be turned into high-value resources 👉 buff.ly/3OJy6XH
#BlueTransformation
Melanie Siggs retweeted
On recent visit to Iceland, I was impressed by the content of this wall diagram. Before the advent of throwaway consumerism most people saw the logic of the old saying “Waste not, want not.” #FAO Blue Transformation strategy calls for global fish loss & waste to be halved by 2030
Melanie Siggs retweeted
A busy day for the #OceanPanel team in Paris. Conversations focused on priority objectives for the Panel over the next two years, including the UN Ocean Conference here in France in 2025.
Melanie Siggs retweeted
Thank you for joining us on the first day of the 2024 Ocean Decade Week!
#OceanDecade24 is off to a great start, with dozens of events already providing a platform for the global ocean community to discuss how to deliver the science we need for the ocean we want.
Melanie Siggs retweeted
On #IWD2024, let us recognise the many invisible and vulnerable #women in #foodsystems.
Let's increase investment in accelerating progress for women, strengthen policies, and harness technology to bridge the gap.
#InvestInWomen @CGIAR @CGIARGender @CGIARNutrition
Melanie Siggs retweeted
We join the call on remaining @WTO members to ratify the deal to end #HarmfulFisheriesSubsidies for entry into force as soon as possible: for the sake of the #ocean, fish, fishers & sustainable #fisheries. 🐟 The WTO's Ministerial Conference in February is a key milestone! #MC13
We are halfway there! 55 countries accepted the WTO’s 2022 #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement, paving the way for sustainable practices. We need 55 more by late February to make a positive impact on our oceans! More: bit.ly/3S3H9nJ
Melanie Siggs retweeted
Incredibly humbled and honoured to present @FaunaFloraInt’s new 'about us' film - two minutes and 16 seconds that will inspire you and make you want to partner with us!
You’ve heard it all before - climate change, habitat destruction, unsustainable resource use, poaching, it’s all having a destructive impact on our planet. But we want to change the story.
Working with local partners, communities, businesses and governments, our shared purpose is to protect the diversity of life on Earth, for the survival of the planet and its people.
We are:
🌍 Protecting habitats
🌍 Reviving the ocean
🌍 Reducing extinctions
🌍 Stopping illegal wildlife trade
🌍 Combatting climate change
We fuse local and international knowledge to find the best solutions to the issues we face; from working directly in biodiverse areas, to influencing governments and businesses on a global scale.
We are committed to saving nature, together. By supporting Fauna & Flora, you’re supporting the survival of our planet.
#SavingNatureTogether
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@FriendsofOcean @oceanpanel @ThomsonFiji @UNBiodiversity @UNEP @HughFW @tunajibu @QueenNoor @NigelWinser
Melanie Siggs retweeted
Researchers at the #LyellCentre have created a new method for assessing the risk of different #fishing gears on the seabed's ability to capture and store organic #carbon 🌊
Read more 👇hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/…
@HWUNews @MSCecolabel #GlobalResearch #GlobalImpact #SustainableHWU
Melanie Siggs retweeted
7 steps closer to entry into force, 1 big leap for ocean health! WTO celebrates the acceptance of the #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement by Albania, Australia, Botswana, Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Korea, and Saint Lucia at the Senior Officials Meeting. #WTOFishCount bit.ly/409JDED
Melanie Siggs retweeted
A lively panel chaired with zest as usual by @msiggs Some great insights and quotes from @KatherineBryar about the #marineingredients sector and the need to tell out story that “Fish eat fish” hence the legitimate need for MI in feed @BioMarGroup @FAO @IFFO_GLOBAL @TrustMarin – at Cape Town, South Africa
Melanie Siggs retweeted
The overwhelming opinion at this week’s Global Plastic Summit in Bangkok was that a UN treaty will be achieved by the end of 2024. This is good news for SDG14.1. But the big question is: how robust will the treaty will be? We must turn off the plastic tap flowing into the ocean!
Melanie Siggs retweeted
📻PODCAST 📻
Professor in #fisheries conservation @micheljkaiser speaks to @SeafoodMatters about his research into #sustainable fishing and marine resources.🎣
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@HeriotWattUni #LyellCentre #SustainableHWU #GlobalResearch #GlobalImpact #engagement
Excited to have Prof. Michel Kaiser, Fisheries conservation expert, on our podcast! 🐟 Discussing sustainability in marine resources and conservation 🌊. @HeriotWattUni @micheljkaiser
Melanie Siggs retweeted
Blue carbon | The 10 most promising emerging applications for seaweed
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
🇲🇽 Mexico is making progress towards their #SustainableOceanPlan with the start of participatory workshops that will inform the updated policies in the new plan.
#MéxicoEsElMar
En el marco de la Comisión Intersecretarial para el Manejo Sustentable de Mares y Costas #CIMARES, Personal Naval participó junto con distintas Instituciones, Academias y Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil, para celebrar el inicio de talleres participativos, durante el proceso de actualización de la Política Nacional de Mares y Costas de México, considerado como el Plan Oceánico Sostenible de México.
Melanie Siggs retweeted
The ocean is under threat due to overfishing - disrupting marine ecosystems. We must prioritise #SustainableFishing practices to ensure a healthier ocean and planet.
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@marthadelgado speaks on #SustainableFishing in Mexico
Melanie Siggs retweeted
The last year has seen a suite of historic blue wins for multilateralism & for the #ocean’s wellbeing. These we welcome & celebrate. But together we must finish the unfinished business of #OceanAction: for people & nature alike. ☀️🌊 Learn more! ➡️ weforum.org/friends-of-ocean… #SDG14+
Melanie Siggs retweeted
Congratulations to the winners of the Great Blue Wall challenge! Check out the innovative solutions advancing #OceanAction and the #BlueEconomy in the Western #IndianOcean.
#SDG14+ #Winner #Challenge #Sustainability #Startups
🏆 Here are the winners of the Great Blue Wall Challenge!
These ocean-positive start-ups are pioneering a mix of conservation and sustainable economic practices to benefit both people and nature across Western Indian Ocean nations.
Learn more here: ow.ly/nIij50PeXpQ
Melanie Siggs retweeted
From the UN Human Rights Office's statement calling @ISBAHQ negotiations on deep sea mining to be informed by critical human rights considerations:“States should commit not to proceed with plans for deep-sea mineral extraction until such a time as adequate safeguards, including sufficient scientific knowledge, exist to ensure such activities can be carried out in a way that respects, protects and fulfils human rights, including the human right to a healthy environment.” @DeepSeaConserve @DivaAmon @HighSeasAllianc @FaunaFloraInt @Benioff @McCauley_Lab @QueenNoor
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
➡️#BeyondGrowth Symposium was held last month in Edinburgh.
On behalf of @FAOfish , I had the opportunity to participate in such an interesting and constructive discussion among all the experts!
Thank you the organizers, and a particular thanks to Ingrid Kelling!
#GLOBEFISH
Melanie Siggs retweeted
1/ We are at the #BeyondGrowth Fishing 🎣 for the Future symposium @HeriotWattUni! This 2-day conference will explore how - and why - we should create a #WellbeingEconomy for the #fisheries sector.
#LyellCentre #GlobalResearch #GlobalImpact @SeasAtRisk
