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Joined July 2010
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🎥 We’re excited to announce the release of our new short ocean film. Watch KEWANG: Nature’s ancient guardians in full, now youtube.com/watch?v=y1RbiZXS… For four centuries, the Kewang of Haruku island, Indonesia, have strived to maintain the link between culture and the environment

Environmental documentary about Indonesia's ocean heroes [4K] -...

For over four centuries, the guardians of Haruku have preserved the...

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As climate change bites, threatening an important fishery for the community, Om-Eli and other members of the Kewang, reflect on their place in a rapidly changing world. Our thanks go to @BloombergDotOrg Ocean Initiative and @BaliFixer for making this possible.
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🚨 Great news! The Republic of Ghana has announced its commitment to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The international standard ensures information about marine fisheries is transparent and publicly available - crucial for fair and sustainable management. 🎣
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Ghana becomes the tenth country to join the FiTI, after Mauritania, Seychelles, Senegal, Cabo Verde, Madagascar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Ecuador, Guinea, and Chile. Here's why the standard is so important: blog.blueventures.org/en/wha… Top image by Seyiram Kweku

What is the Fisheries Transparency Initiative and why is it so important? - Blue Ventures - Beyond...

In Madagascar, public authorities, fishers, and civil society organisations are working towards improving fisheries transparency and governance. Together,

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More good news as Comoros follows suit to also join the FiTI! With an Exclusive Economic Zone approximately 100 times larger than its land area and an annual catch estimated at 33,000 metric tons, Comoros’ fisheries sector has immense potential to drive growth and sustainability
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Coastal Communities Initiative@ACCLCInitiative
11 Jul 2024
"#SSF are a vital source of nutrition and livelihoods for millions of people, we call upon COFI members to request that @FAO include #SSF as a permanent item on the #COFI agenda" Sustainable Fisheries Lead, Robin Davies, @WWF
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
27 Jun 2024
🌊 Blue Ventures blue carbon specialists are equipping community groups with mechanisms to harness climate finance through simple, rapid and inexpensive methods to monitor carbon emissions from degraded mangrove habitats. 🌏 authors.elsevier.com/c/1jIgP…
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
24 Jun 2024
🚨 Success Spotlight!🚨 Blue Ventures' Paul Antion shares a dream realised, as the Velondriake Association becomes autonomous to lead and deliver grassroots marine conservation across the Locally Managed Marine Protected Area. More here: lnkd.in/edrNEtKh #Madagascar
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
17 Jun 2024
"The work started by listening. And what we learned astonished us." BV's @aarhh joins blue whale research pioneer @ashadevos, oceanographer @SylviaEarle and marine policy expert @ayanaeliza in this episode of @TEDTalks' Radio Hour. 🎧 Hear it here: npr.org/2024/06/14/119890891…

Our oceans are in danger ... but it's not too late. : TED Radio Hour

For centuries, humans have relied on the oceans for resources and food... but even the deepest sea has its limits. This hour, TED speakers discuss how we can save our seas to save our planet. Guests...

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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
10 Jun 2024
🌏 Global efforts to transform bottom trawling receive coalition boosting 🐟 The @TBTCoalition announces direct support to members’ campaigns tackling bottom trawling and rebuilding oceans. Find out more: lnkd.in/eaRT2B6M @DPPKNTI @CanoeGear @TubeAwu2015 @dakshin_seas
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Our ocean has never been so vital, nor so threatened. It drives climate and weather, supplies oxygen for all and protein for many. #WorldOceansDay
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For almost two decades, we’ve supported coastal communities - as those who steward the most crucial parts of our oceans - to develop locally led approaches that benefit people and nature alike. 📷 Garth Cripps | Blue Ventures #WorldOceansDay
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We won’t stop in our mission to uphold the rights and evidence the importance of those who guardian earth’s life support systems. Find out more at blueventures.org 📷 Garth Cripps | Blue Ventures #WorldOceansDay
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Small-scale fishers of Europe delivered the #MakeFishingFair Open Letter to @VSinkevicius team @CarmenPreising to talk about how to support to low impact fishers - from fishing opportunities to subsidies. 🎣🪝🐟 makefishingfair.org/
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@LIFEplatformEU @SeasAtRisk @TheOpenSeas @patagonia @patagoniaeurope @OceanaEurope @OceanaUK @BlueVentures @Bluemarinef @BLOOM_Eng @ejfoundation @ClientEarth Image: Megan Francis | Blue Ventures
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Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition@TBTCoalition
23 May 2024
🚨 The Liberia Artisanal Fishermen Association says NO to industrial shrimp #trawling in their coastal zone! In April, @NAFAA_2017 invited stakeholders to validate a multi-species shrimp trawl fishery management plan🦐 But LAFA refused. Read this thread to understand why 👇
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Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition@TBTCoalition
16 May 2024
⚠ Thousands of fishers are calling on the EU to #MakeFishingFair EU fisheries management favours industrial fishing, like #bottomtrawling, starving low-impact fishers of their livelihoods, impacting the #ocean & local economies 🎣 Read their letter ➡️ makefishingfair.org/
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
8 May 2024
We are hiring a Logistics Officer - Mahajamba 📍Location: Mahajamba, Madagascar 🇲🇬 For more details, apply apply through the link: ↓ loom.ly/bMteSIM #conservationcareers
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
8 May 2024
We are hiring a North West Partner Network Manager! 📍Location: Ambanja, Mahajamba, Madagascar 🇲🇬 For more details, apply apply through the link: ↓ loom.ly/BOZ7vWw #conservationcareers
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Blue Ventures@BlueVentures
6 May 2024
📸 Dive into our latest photostory on fish value chain assessments done with fishers to understand the value of fishing as a business for better returns. loom.ly/Woel_I4 #sustainablefishing #oceans #communities

Octopus fish markets value chain; more than fishing

Artisanal fishing continues to support the livelihoods of the Munje fisher community of Kwale on Kenya's south coast. Fishers target different species, including octopus, high-value seafood, in...

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