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Sharing our article on the transformation of a traditional fishing system based on collective labour and its impacts on livelihood, published in Mongabay India. https://lnkd.in/gG7ZfUE2

The DFO’s recent decision to close the 2024 elver fishery due to sustainability concerns and illegal activities has intensified the conversation around better management practices. Poaching incidents and eel seizures highlight the need for more effective oversight in our fisheries. Looking to Maine’s approach, where traceability has led to improved management, we see potential for similar progress in Canada. Such digital tools could offer a way forward, enhancing transparency and ensuring the sustainability of the elver fishery. We believe in supporting responsible fishing practices through the use of digital logbooks and traceability. These tools can help protect Canadian industry and the livelihoods of commercial fishermen. ___ La décision du MPO de fermer la pêche à la civelle en raison des préoccupations quant à la durabilité et au grand nombre d’activités illégales, a relancé le débat sur les meilleures pratiques à adopter. Le braconnage et la saisie d’anguilles soulignent la nécessité d’une surveillance plus stricte de nos pêcheries. L’approche adoptée dans le Maine, où la traçabilité a permis d’améliorer la gestion, ouvre la voie à des progrès semblables au Canada. Ces outils numériques pourraient servir à améliorer la transparence et la durabilité de la pêche à la civelle. Nous croyons au soutien de la pêche responsable par l’entremise des journaux de bord électronique et de la traçabilité. Ces outils permettent de protéger l’industrie canadienne et le gagne-pain des pêcheurs commerciaux. #elvers #catchreporting #traceability

Gabon is home to approximately 95,000 critically endangered forest elephants, making this West African nation the last stronghold for this species. Forest elephants play a crucial role in the health of rainforests, ensuring that they can function as the earth’s lungs. However, deep within the forests, people and elephants come into conflict. For subsistence farmers, conflict with elephants is often a daily occurrence, and the resulting loss of livelihood can be severe. Finding lasting and sustainable solutions to this conservation challenge is far from easy, but there is hope that may yet foster coexistence. Space for Giants is partnering with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests to install mobile electric fences transforming local farmers’ lives. These simple solar-powered fences are protecting individual farms and, thus far, preventing elephants from raiding crops. This strategy is well suited to the Gabonese agricultural context, and we will continue to roll this out to support farmers and keep forest elephants safe. We thank our partners, Elephant Cooperation, Elephant Crisis Fund, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), for supporting us in implementing the fencing solution in Gabon. #Gabon #elephants #electricfences #localfarmers #conservation #fences #forestelephants #farmers #coexistence #conflict #endangeredspecies #mobilefence #agriculture #prevention #sustainable #communities #environment Read more: https://lnkd.in/dvxNnU9n 

The fishing industry in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, is facing an unprecedented crisis. Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing has slashed daily fish catches from 500kg to just 5kg. This has left factories operating at minimal capacity and fishermen in dire straits. The economy of Mwanza, a port city reliant on fishing, is severely impacted. The fishing industry's contribution to the local economy has declined from 7% in 2011 to 3.3% today. Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing activities are primarily to blame, with factories struggling to operate and fishermen barely surviving. Efforts like Operation Sangara reduced illegal fishing but also affected local fishermen’s livelihoods. Government plans include deploying drones and revising regulations to protect fish stocks, but the future remains uncertain. Here is the full multimedia story in English:➡️🔗 https://bit.ly/3yNamxl Soma kwa Kiswahili: ➡️🔗https://bit.ly/3X7fvuf This is the second installment in our #FishlessNile series, supported by the Pulitzer Center and created with journalists from six Nile Basin countries. It explores how illegal fishing has depleted fish stocks and fueled cross-border conflicts. #SaveOurLakes #LakeVictoriaCrisis #nofishingnolife #LakeVictoria #Fish #NilePerch #Tanzania #PulitzerCenter #NoFish #Overfishing #IllegalFishing

Investments opportunities for improving fisheries in The Tanzania part of Lake Victoria. President Samia has handed out about 222 fishing cages and 55 boats to fishers in an effort to upgrade efficiency in the Lake Victoria regions, including Mwanza, Mara and Kagera. The cage fishing system will bring development to the entire fishing sector within two years. We can expect an increase in processing factories due to increased production and fish resources due to illegal fishing prevention. https://lnkd.in/dQr6nwfn

Folks! If you think Data collection work is a boring work behind a computer, YOU'RE WRONG! It's about connecting with people, building a strong trustful relationship with captains, fishers. Check Vaiana Joufoques story!👏👏 🐟📉Fisheries data help us keep track of 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆. This information is super important for giving advice on how to manage fishing. But getting good data starts with collecting it well.☝️ In the Pacific, more and more countries are using electronic ways, like reporting on computers and using video cameras to monitor, which makes collecting data faster and more accurate.

One of the big questions hanging over the future of fisheries in Europe is demography. Both fishers and fleets are aging, with insufficient generational renewal. Generally the outlook is bleak, with few venturing to predict a positive vision of how an extractive industry, stuck in a 19th century time-warp, can be transformed int a fit for purpose 21st century sustainable seafood producing sector, providing decent livelihoods and socio-economic well being in coastal communities. The French association Pleine Mer have really put their finger on the issue with their latest publication. A must read for all those striving to secure a sustainable, viable and decent future for European fisheries. Bravo Pleine Mer for daring to think outside the box! 😍 👏 👏 👏 https://lnkd.in/eZBTXgwK

This sad story is a microcosm of everything messed up with COP and our thought process around climate change. IF WE DO NOT FIND WAYS TO RECOGNISE AND PAY FOR THE VALUE OF NATURE AND TO REGOSNISE AND COMPENSATE FORGONE DEVELOPMENT FROM FOSSIL FUELS OR FOREST DESTRUCTION IN COUNTRIES THAT DONT BEAR HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING! How many prominent economists do we need to review the economics of nature and climate change and to point out the market failures, to tell us how to correct them, to show us it is cheaper to do this now than to wait and panic later….but for us to still fail time and time again to address them?! WE NEED POLICY. WE NEED REGULATION. WE NEED TO MAKE CAPITALISM SERVE US NOT CONTROL US. To all those saying ‘it’s fine for COP to fail as the market is going to simply drive renewables now.’ Wake up. There is so much still for governments to do. We can’t let them off the hook. We can’t fix capitalism 1.0 with capitalism 1.0. We urgently need to make life and regeneration worth more than death and destruction. It is for people, not for the market - the market is failing. The market must be shaped to meet our needs or it will consume us. 🤯

Powerful observation, to be able to have a pathway of valuing conservation alongside valuing the means to sustain livelihoods requires investment.

🌍 On the heels of Senegal's recent decision to publish its fishing vessel list, our program manager for West and Central Africa Dame Mboup shares a newly-penned piece reflecting on its significance. Dive into his statement below. READ - The Government of Senegal’s decision to publish the list of vessels authorized to fish in its national waters is a welcome and much-needed measure towards more sustainable and transparent management of the country’s marine resources. Our CEO Tony Long recently celebrated the decision, calling it a “courageous and critical” step towards achieving “a better ocean future for all.” I wholeheartedly agree. Because when we talk about transparency of marine resources, we are also talking about preserving individual livelihoods, national economies and our collective ocean ecosystem. In Africa, fisheries and aquaculture are central to well-being. They directly contribute US$24 billion to the African economy while more than 7 million people across the West Africa region rely on fishing for their livelihoods. In Senegal alone, fish account for 80 percent of the population’s annual protein intake. Nevertheless, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains rampant across West Africa, with 40 percent of fish caught illegally, the highest level of any region in the world. This needs to stop. That is why Global Fishing Watch is proud to have supported the Government of Senegal with key recommendations that facilitated this momentous decision. And it’s also why we must encourage them to continue the great work already undertaken and build upon that foundation to: 🔸 Mandate all industrial-sized vessels in its waters to publicly transmit their location and allow the monitoring of their activities, to ensure a successful monitoring, control and surveillance of Senegal’s maritime resources. 🔸 Require the disclosure of a vessel’s ultimate beneficial ownership, making that information publicly available, along with its registered owner and operator, so that any #IUUFishing can be appropriately sanctioned should violations occur. 🔸 Continue to refine policies and procedures to help implement the Port State Measures Agreement and establish robust data sharing agreements with other regional stakeholders. Open information, like Senegal’s authorization list, can arm inspectors across the region with the ability to make rapid assessment of the illegal fishing risk before product enters supply chains. I applaud the Government of Senegal’s bold and decisive step to bring greater transparency to their waters and the way they’re managed. I know that by working together we can effectively meet our vision to reduce IUU Fishing, better enforce the rights of small-scale fishers, and improve designation and management of marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures.