We endorse @principles_fish. "This is not a radical, extremist agenda. This is a moderate, inclusive agenda that ideally everybody involved in the #RFMO process should be able to sign up to." Read more on @AtunaNews 👇
Equal Access Principles calls for more openness in RFMOs and adoption of access rules at meetings for all stakeholders. Read its principles on Atuna...zurl.co/DuCW@FishAccountable@principles_fish @Accountability.Fish @Principles | International Fisheries
Sustainability and accountability go hand in hand. At the moment, many of the decisions about what goes on in our oceans are made behind closed doors, so those blocking progress are not being held to account.
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When #RFMOs make decisions, they affect us all. Right now, many of their decisions are happening behind closed doors not reflecting the interests of the people and communities such decisions affect.
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#DYK? The bodies governing the world's fisheries conduct much of their business in secret.
There needs to be greater #transparency on #RFMO meetings so that those countries blocking progress towards sustainability can be held to account. Learn more ➡️kont.ly/314b9ba0
The future of our oceans, food supply and coastal communities is at stake.
That's why we're leading the fight for open governance in the management of the world's oceans.
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What's going on in the world's oceans?
It's hard to know for sure because the meetings of the world's marine regulatory bodies often take place behind closed doors.
Stay tuned to our website to learn more ➡️kont.ly/b2043c3c
Is today’s #fisheriesmanagement system really capable of taking on a bigger role in the future of ocean governance? Learn more about why there is an urgent need for more openness in ocean governance, and why #RFMO meetings should not be held in private. 👉 accountability.fish/
How do we lead the fight for open governance in the management of the world’s oceans?
➡️ We expose the behavior of governments and institutions in blocking progress.
Find out more: accountability.fish/
Too much international fisheries management decision-making has been done in the shadows - until now. The #RFMO#Accountability Tracker is the starting point for holding RFMOs accountable to us all.
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The #RFMO Accountability Tracker pulls back the curtain of international fisheries decision-making, laying out the proposals and shedding light on which countries are standing in the way.
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DYK? The #RFMO Accountability Tracker is a tool to expose the actions of countries at the world's fisheries management meetings. It helps to bring more transparency and #accountability to ocean governance. Learn more ➡️ accountability.fish/rfmo-acc…
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🛰️ Spotlight: The RFMO Accountability Tracker - A tool tracking RFMO meetings 📈
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The ongoing secrecy practices of the @wcpfc again drew notice at its annual meeting last week in the Cook Islands. The #WCPFC aroused the media's ire by excluding the media from its annual meeting.
Below is the cartoon from Kata published at the @CINewsOnline.
It’s problematic in that the only bodies with any meaningful say in what happens to the #oceans are 17 obscure organizations that are heavily focused on the management of fish as a commodity.
These bodies called #RFMOS can’t even manage the #fisheries properly. Read more 👇
Who controls the world’s oceans? Even though this is a massive question, the answer is problematic to say the least, write @fishaccountable.
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There is increasing concern among market stakeholders and NGOs about the practice of transport vessels for the catch of purse seine #fisheries deploying and retrieving FADs used to catch #tuna in the Western & Central Pacific #ocean. Find out more 👇
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There's no time.
Urgent action is needed to open up the #RFMO#fisheries decision making process to citizens, labor, market players, conservationists, and the media.
Take action, take the pledge on @Change 🔽
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When #RFMOs make decisions, the impacts reverberate worldwide for consumers, workers, retailers, suppliers, and beyond - and many of those decisions are made in secret. Here's a @SeafoodSource article that explains the implications ⬇️
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