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A powerful alliance of international organizations has unveiled an ambitious $68 million program to rescue West Africa’s severely depleted fishing industry, which supports millions of livelihoods across the region. The West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP), spearheaded by the International…
As the world prepares for COP30 climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon gateway city of Belém, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal are making a compelling case for “blue foods” – seafood, seaweed, and other aquatic-based nutrition – as an underutilized…
Belize is positioning itself as a model for marine conservation, launching an ambitious debt-for-nature program that could reshape how small nations protect their ocean resources. In 2021, the Central American country restructured its national debt through an innovative “blue bond”…
Samuel Abayateye’s job was straightforward but vital: board fishing vessels off Ghana’s coast, count the catch, and ensure crews followed sustainable fishing regulations. As a fisheries observer for Ghana’s Fisheries Commission, the 38-year-old father of two served as the government’s…
Norway has proposed nearly doubling the catch limit for krill in Antarctic waters during a high-stakes conservation summit, sparking fresh tensions over protecting one of Earth’s most vital marine ecosystems. The proposal was presented at the Commission for the Conservation…
A shocking new investigation has revealed that nearly one-third of shark meat sold in European markets contains dangerously high levels of toxic methylmercury—often without consumers even knowing they’re eating shark at all. Marine conservation groups tested shark meat samples from…
Two years have passed since Samuel Abayateye, a Ghanaian fisheries observer, vanished while monitoring operations aboard a tuna fishing vessel—yet his family remains without answers about his fate. Despite repeated pleas from his relatives and environmental organizations, Ghanaian authorities have…
