Director @GSA_Seafood Consultant @FriendsofOcean VP @SOLITCRS Seafood, forests, risk, oceans, waste, standards. Honorary Professor Heriot-Watt

Joined December 2010
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
Reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering aquatic foods can significantly minimize loss and waste, #FLW. Explore this eLearning course & learn how fish by-products can be turned into high-value resources ๐Ÿ‘‰ buff.ly/3OJy6XH #BlueTransformation
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
Fighting for #SDG14 on #WorldFoodDay2024. @FAO 79th birthday
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๐Ÿ’ฅ This weekend @CefasGovUK @APHAgovuk @CSIR will be hosting this panel on #OneHealth๐Ÿ’š in #foodsystems @WOHCongress in Cape Town. Check out the paper @OneEarth_CP here: sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ
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29 Jul 2024
I teamed up with @GeeksWF to record this podcast on #wifi for #fishingcrew at sea. Why is it important? how 'easy' is it? what should be provided? what is happening currently? @GSA_Seafood have a listen bit.ly/3WiHoNR
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It makes no sense to waste any #seafood - ethically, environmentally or financially. @OceanCluster can help you identify and optimise usage creating secondary yields with benefits for all. Get in touch! @EarthshotPrize
On recent visit to Iceland, I was impressed by the content of this wall diagram. Before the advent of throwaway consumerism most people saw the logic of the old saying โ€œWaste not, want not.โ€ #FAO Blue Transformation strategy calls for global fish loss & waste to be halved by 2030
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
On recent visit to Iceland, I was impressed by the content of this wall diagram. Before the advent of throwaway consumerism most people saw the logic of the old saying โ€œWaste not, want not.โ€ #FAO Blue Transformation strategy calls for global fish loss & waste to be halved by 2030
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I will be presenting the main findings of @FAO SOFIA report on June 8, #worldoceansday, in Costa Rica, and will tweet the main results afterwords
The 2024 State of world #Fisheries and #Aquaculture report launches this week โ—๏ธ In this edition, updates on: ๐Ÿ”น#stats, trends & projections on the sector ๐Ÿ”นState & health of marine fisheries resources ๐Ÿ”น #BlueTransformation in action. Stay tuned ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/3VpcPac
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A busy day for the #OceanPanel team in Paris. Conversations focused on priority objectives for the Panel over the next two years, including the UN Ocean Conference here in France in 2025.
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14 May 2024
I've been so fortunate to be at the heart of this project for the past 3yrs. I've learned and I'm in no doubt that #zerowaste is critical. Let's talk about achieving full utilisation in your seafood systems, farmed or wild.
The #NamibiaOceanCluster is officially launched, with a mission to maximize utilization of all #seafood harvest & reduce #SeafoodLoss. Learn how stakeholders in the #Namibian fishing industry worked with @wef's #OceanAction Agenda to innovate solutions! ๐ŸŸ weforum.org/friends-of-oceanโ€ฆ
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Thank you for joining us on the first day of the 2024 Ocean Decade Week! #OceanDecade24 is off to a great start, with dozens of events already providing a platform for the global ocean community to discuss how to deliver the science we need for the ocean we want.
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
On #IWD2024, let us recognise the many invisible and vulnerable #women in #foodsystems. Let's increase investment in accelerating progress for women, strengthen policies, and harness technology to bridge the gap. #InvestInWomen @CGIAR @CGIARGender @CGIARNutrition
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We join the call on remaining @WTO members to ratify the deal to end #HarmfulFisheriesSubsidies for entry into force as soon as possible: for the sake of the #ocean, fish, fishers & sustainable #fisheries. ๐ŸŸ The WTO's Ministerial Conference in February is a key milestone! #MC13
18 Jan 2024
We are halfway there! 55 countries accepted the WTOโ€™s 2022 #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement, paving the way for sustainable practices. We need 55 more by late February to make a positive impact on our oceans! More: bit.ly/3S3H9nJ
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23 Nov 2023
A new @FAOfish e-learning course on fish loss and waste. Full utilisation takes many routes to using all nutrition and maximising socio-economic value within environmental boundaries. It will become part of good management in time @FriendsofOcean @MSCecolabel @OceanCluster
Happy to share the release of a @FAOfish e-learning course on fish loss and waste. Free, of course, as always for @FAO courses โ€”> elearning.fao.org/course/vieโ€ฆ
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23 Nov 2023
Honoured to have this opportunity to speak at the UK Fisheries All Party Parliamentary Group next week. It is critical that #bluefoods are an embedded part of food systems strategies and dialogues @GSA_Seafood @fisheriesappg
.@msiggs, Director of @GSA_Seafood, will be speaking at our upcoming event "Blue Foods: #Seafood as a Solution Pt. 1". Melanie will be discussing the role of #aquaculture in the future of #FishingAndBlueFood. Register for the event here: loom.ly/j3_o1SM
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Melanie Siggs retweeted
Incredibly humbled and honoured to present @FaunaFloraIntโ€™s new 'about us' film - two minutes and 16 seconds that will inspire you and make you want to partner with us! Youโ€™ve heard it all before - climate change, habitat destruction, unsustainable resource use, poaching, itโ€™s all having a destructive impact on our planet. But we want to change the story. Working with local partners, communities, businesses and governments, our shared purpose is to protect the diversity of life on Earth, for the survival of the planet and its people. We are: ๐ŸŒ Protecting habitats ๐ŸŒ Reviving the ocean ๐ŸŒ Reducing extinctions ๐ŸŒ Stopping illegal wildlife trade ๐ŸŒ Combatting climate change We fuse local and international knowledge to find the best solutions to the issues we face; from working directly in biodiverse areas, to influencing governments and businesses on a global scale. We are committed to saving nature, together. By supporting Fauna & Flora, youโ€™re supporting the survival of our planet. #SavingNatureTogether youtube.com/watch?v=2MmIWQJ0โ€ฆ @FriendsofOcean @oceanpanel @ThomsonFiji @UNBiodiversity @UNEP @HughFW @tunajibu @QueenNoor @NigelWinser

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Researchers at the #LyellCentre have created a new method for assessing the risk of different #fishing gears on the seabed's ability to capture and store organic #carbon ๐ŸŒŠ Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/โ€ฆ @HWUNews @MSCecolabel #GlobalResearch #GlobalImpact #SustainableHWU

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This is terrific news, congratulations @LyellCentre @micheljkaiser et al #climatechange #ocean #coccolithophores
Researchers at the #LyellCentre have been awarded ยฃ2.2m to explore how marine life affects the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide ๐ŸŒŠ The CHALKY project will examine how calcification by #coccolithophores impacts pH levels. ๐Ÿ‘‰hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/โ€ฆ @NERCscience #BIOCarbon
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23 Oct 2023
7 steps closer to entry into force, 1 big leap for ocean health! WTO celebrates the acceptance of the #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement by Albania, Australia, Botswana, Cuba, Cรดte d'Ivoire, Korea, and Saint Lucia at the Senior Officials Meeting. #WTOFishCount bit.ly/409JDED
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