Five takeaways from the World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
5 years 3 months ago
The hustle and bustle of a local fish market – usually seen in the pre-dawn dark, with bare-bulb lights illuminating what’s for sale and the shouts from sellers (usually in a language I don’t understand but with meaning clear enough to get out of the way of carts brimming with ice and fish) – is […]
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New online training for sustainable fisheries management translated to Spanish
6 years 4 months ago
To read this blog in Spanish, please click here. Fishing is essential to the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people—from food to income, it supports vibrant coastal communities. The health and prosperity of these communities depends on their ability to manage their fisheries sustainably and address critical challenges such as overfishing. This is apparent […]
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Healthy Fisheries Need Sound Science, Good Policy and Stable Markets
7 years 11 months ago
By: Alexis Rife & Jake Kritzer Any fishery functions as a series of complex interactions among an ecosystem, the political arena, the economy, cultural norms and traditions, and other systems. Understanding these interacting systems is critical for achieving EDF’s triple bottom line goals: more fish in the sea, more food on the plate, and more […]
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Mexico’s successful fishing cooperatives have important lessons for small-scale fisheries globally
8 years 7 months ago
Cozumel, Mexico might be better known for its diving and tourism, but it’s also home to some of the most successful fishing cooperatives and TURFs in the world. In a recent trip with our partners Rare and the Sustainable Fisheries Group at UCSB, we met with fishing cooperatives from Mexico to learn from these fishers […]
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A Small-Scale Indonesian Fishery with a Big Market: Improving Blue Swimming Crab management
9 years 5 months ago
Indonesia is a nation of over 17,000 islands where fishing contributes significantly to local livelihoods, food security and culture: Two million fishers + millions more people rely on the coast for their food and livelihoods At least 50% of Indonesians’ animal protein comes from seafood Indonesia is the second largest producer of wild capture seafood […]
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Community-based fishery management delivers individual and collective benefits in Belize
10 years ago
Recently, I traveled to Belize to see how TURF-reserves (territorial use rights for fishing co-located with no-take zones) are performing and learn about plans to expand them nationwide. The Mesoamerican Reef, the largest in the Atlantic Ocean, spans the Belizean coastline and is rich in biodiversity and a crucial source of income for thousands of […]
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