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#FiTI, in partnership with the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI), has begun its national transparency assessment of marine fisheries management in #Indonesia 🇮🇩 to enhance local & global understanding. The ‘TAKING STOCK – Online Transparency of Fisheries Management Information’ assessment will review 39 different transparency elements related to the fisheries management information published by Indonesian national authorities. These elements, derived from the #FiTIStandard, include national laws, fisheries management plans, vessel registries, payment and trade data, and other relevant fisheries information. The goal is to determine if this critical information is publicly accessible, current, easily located and reusable. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g5tEvRjt

🚨 Senegal 🇸🇳 must finalise the mandatory sign-up steps of the FiTI Standard or face delisting from the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The FiTI International Board has decided to offer the Senegalese government the opportunity to complete the sign-up steps, but at the same time establish a final and definitive implementation pathway and deadlines for Senegal to remain within the Fisheries Transparency Initiative. Based on the Board’s decision reached during its 25th meeting on the 2nd of July 2024, the government of Senegal must: ▪️ appoint the FiTI Lead Ministry and a FiTI National Lead and communicate this decision in writing to the FiTI Chair by 31 July 2024, and ▪️ submit its completed Candidate Country application in writing (including all supporting documents) to the FiTI Chair by 31 December 2024. Missing either one of these deadlines will result in the immediate delisting of Senegal from the Fisheries Transparency Initiative, in accordance with section E.1.3 of the FiTI Standard. In a letter notifying MPIMP of the International Board’s decision, the FiTI ensured the national authorities its full commitment to collaborate with governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in Senegal to implement the necessary operational steps ahead. https://lnkd.in/gVktnn4J

We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with the Fisheries Resource Center of Indonesia (FRCI) to launch an exciting new programme: the funding of five post-graduate scholarships! Introducing our first batch of scholars: Putuh Suadela, Muhammad Anas, Trian Yunanda, R. Tono Amboro and Aris Budiarto. The aim of this programme is to advance the scholars’ skills and expertise in sustainable fisheries management. The scholars are fisheries managers from the Directorate General of Capture Fisheries of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries - Republic of Indonesia, and their research will be pursued in Marine Fisheries Technology at IPB University. Their research will be exploring the Indonesian fisheries as well as regional fisheries in the wider Indian Ocean area. The hope is that their endeavours will address overfishing in the region to protect fish stocks for the benefit of many coastal states, Indonesia included. We are incredibly excited about this new programme and know it will have great benefits for both the students, on their academic journeys, but also the fisheries, contributing significantly to sustainable management. Keep an eye on our website and social media channels as we will be introducing these scholars in more detail with their research questions soon. #SustainableFishing #Sustainability #OceanAction #FairTrade #OceanLover #MarineLife #Seafood #SocialResponsibility #SupplyChains #OurOceans #Fisheries #SmallScaleFisheries #EquitableOceans #IndianOcean #CoastalCommunities #SustainableSeas #SmallScaleFishers #FoodTechnology #Scholars #Indonesia #Research #PhD Fisheries Resource Center of Indonesia (FRCI)

On this day, 25 September 1973, Guinea-Bissau declared its independence. Now you can read how the legislation in small island developing state #SIDS of Guinea-Bissau aligned with ecosystem approach with fisheries EAF, in a report produced by the #EAFNansen programme. Guinea-Bissau is a party to five of eight international instruments relevant to EAF. Furthermore, Guinea-Bissau is a signatory to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. A good read by Julia Nakamura and Teresa Amador

HEARING OF EU FISHERIES COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE COSTAS KADIS The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries questioned Costas Kadis, Cypriot candidate for the Fisheries and Oceans portfolio. In his introductory speech, Mr Kadis spoke of the need to secure a #sustainable, #competitive and #resilient #fisheries and #aquaculture sectors, and promote the #blueeconomy while protecting the oceans. https://lnkd.in/eNvt2Q83

HEARING OF EU FISHERIES COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE COSTAS KADIS The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries questioned Costas Kadis, Cypriot candidate for the Fisheries and Oceans portfolio. In his introductory speech, Mr Kadis spoke of the need to secure a #sustainable, #competitive and #resilient #fisheries and #aquaculture sectors, and promote the #blueeconomy while protecting the oceans. https://lnkd.in/eNvt2Q83

POLICY OPTIONS FOR STENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EU FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR : The EU fisheries and aquaculture products (FAPs) market is largely dependent on external producers. Some of the imports entering the EU market come from countries with lenient regulations. This study gives an overview on existing competitiveness measures. It shows main trends in the EU’s FAPs supply through extra-EU imports and identifies the main internal and external factors affecting the sector’s competitiveness. The research presents four case studies and an assessment of options for adaptations to the internal and external policy framework. Finally, it provides a series of recommendations for strengthening the competitiveness of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector in the future : https://lnkd.in/dBRejPVB

HEARING OF EU FISHERIES COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE COSTAS KADIS The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries questioned Costas Kadis, Cypriot candidate for the Fisheries and Oceans portfolio. In his introductory speech, Mr Kadis spoke of the need to secure a #sustainable, #competitive and #resilient #fisheries and #aquaculture sectors, and promote the #blueeconomy while protecting the oceans. https://lnkd.in/eZ_kEFNz

88% of the total commercial tuna catch comes from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, and 87% of stocks are not experiencing overfishing, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation latest Status of Stocks report --> https://shorturl.at/a0J2x. This is consistent with FAO estimate in the 2024 State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture Report (#SOFIA2024, https://shorturl.at/gzUhV), that 86% of tuna stocks are sustainably fished. #ManagementWorks, #BlueTransformation