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How vulnerable are China's fisheries to #ClimateChange? Find out in our upcoming webinar with leading experts Drs. Yong Chen & Yunzhou Li from Stony Brook University Gain insights into building climate-resilient fisheries. https://lnkd.in/e8RDbWJ5

On Friday, 31 May, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) published its scientific advice on how much fish can be caught in the Baltic Sea next year. The numbers show that the Baltic Sea ecosystem and fish stocks remain in severe distress and that even the cuts in catches that have been made over the past years are not enough to bring stocks back to healthy levels. 🐟 ⚠ NGOs and small-scale fishermen alike call for a drastic overhaul of the current fisheries management that should put the health of the Baltic Sea ecosystem at its centre 👉 https://bit.ly/3Vo1neU #BalticSea #StopOverfishing #TotalAllowableCatches #fishstock #marineecosystem #EUbiodiversity

How vulnerable are China's fisheries to #ClimateChange? Find out in our upcoming webinar with leading experts Drs. Yong Chen & Yunzhou Li from Stony Brook University. Gain insights into building climate-resilient fisheries. https://lnkd.in/e8RDbWJ5

🔔 Check out our latest story: Towards healthy #ecosystems: the GFCM’s multifaceted approach to mitigating interactions between #fisheries and vulnerable #species To better understand the occurrences of incidental catch and depredation and work towards mitigation solutions, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with several organizations and launched:     ✅ The Regional plan of action to monitor and mitigate interactions between fisheries and vulnerable species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea #RPOA_VUL  ✅ Five pilot projects across all Mediterranean subregions, in collaboration with BirdLife International, ACCOBAMS, Croatia’s Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, National Fisheries Research Institute (INRH), Marecamp, Türkiye’s Çukurova University and WWF-Adria  ✅ #CetaByM project in the Black Sea, in partnership with ACCOBAMS, aiming to assess and mitigate cetacean #bycatch in turbot gillnet fisheries      Full story here: https://lnkd.in/dkxSEV-x 

Indicator of the week: Total Allowable Catch 🎣 Fisheries play a key role in the blue economy and cultural heritage of the Baltic Sea, Effective measures are needed to protect ecosystems and manage fishery activities. Key factors influencing Total Allowable Catch (TAC) negotiations include political will as well as the socio-economic setting of fisheries. TAC is a stand-alone driver indicator set which consists of historical excess TACs information as a proxy indicative of drivers related to fisheries. https://buff.ly/3Xhcrdi #HELCOMindicators #BSAP #HOLAS3

#SustainableFisheries | In the expansive realm of fisheries management, the focus has traditionally centered on commercial endeavors, often overlooking the substantial influence of marine #recreationalfisheries (MRF).  🔬Kieran Hyder (Cefas) and Estanis Mugerza (AZTI), co-chairs of ICES Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Science (#WGRFS), have spearheaded the work on ICES (ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Roadmap on Marine Recreational Fisheries. 🎣 This roadmap represents a crucial step toward equitable and sustainable #fisheriesmanagement, emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts, innovative methodologies, and trust-building between recreational fishers and scientific bodies. Read more at ▶ https://lnkd.in/euFan6s9

ISSF is making progress on tuna and ocean conservation goals through our critical work with scientists, seafood companies, tuna fishing vessels, and other partners. Our just-released 2023 Annual Report highlights our results, including: 🐟 35 coordinated research projects 🐟 66 tuna RFMO science meetings 🐟 34 RFMO working documents 🐟 13 peer-reviewed publications 🐟 13 ISSF technical reports Explore the report to learn how ISSF and our partners are improving the sustainability of tuna fisheries worldwide: https://bit.ly/3xl9Arb #ScienceLeads

Who are today's #fishers? What drives them, how do they live - and what will their lives look like by the middle of this century? Over the last three months, our #evaluation and #research team in #Europe have been speaking with fishers in all 22 coastal #EU Member States to find answers to these questions which set the scence for further study activities under the #FishersOfTheFuture programme. Read our latest article for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: https://lnkd.in/ep-skypc

Bycatch poses a significant threat to seabirds both Globally and in the UK. With a decline across 62% of seabird species in the UK tackling bycatch should be a top priority to reduce unnecessary deaths. Studies such as this by BirdLife International highlight the scale of the challenge. The great news is bycatch is solvable. The TransparentSeas report produced by RSPB WWF-UK and Marine Conservation Society details how mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring is needed to reduce bycatch for species such as seabirds and cetaceans. https://lnkd.in/ejyb53uu.

Super new paper co-authored by members of the BirdLife International team! Bycatch of #seabirds in #fisheries is a global issue and a top threat to #European seabirds. About 195,000 seabirds are killed as #bycatch in European waters EVERY YEAR. Common Guillemots are most affected, with over 31,000 birds killed annually. Gillnet fisheries cause the highest bycatch levels, followed by longline fisheries. These numbers are likely underestimated as good data on bycatch isn't always collected. Good monitoring, reliable data collection and increased #transparency in fisheries activity is required to improve our understanding of the impacts of this #industry on seabirds and the wider #ocean #ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/eEnm2Ju4 Photo by James Grecian