✊ This week, together with LIFE President (lifeplatform.eu/), we met with Commissioner Costas Kadis to push for concrete next steps to achieve fairness for small-scale fisheries in Europe.
Encouragingly, there was strong recognition from @ec.europa.eu that small-scale fisheries must be a priority 💪
Effective conservation depends on collaboration, patience, and trust, alongside ongoing education to show the tangible benefits for communities, government, and the private sector - as shown by our recent learning exchange in Indonesia.
Smiles all round! 💪
With thanks to @blueactionfund.org 🤝
"We are committed. We are here to have you back."
Signing the Women Ocean Guardians Initiative's Voluntary Commitment, Ebrima Saidy of @blueventures.bsky.social highlights an alignment with the vision & efforts to showcase that women are vital for the stewardship of the ocean.
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📢 NEW report launched today from the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition: The Impact of Bottom Trawling on Food Security: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
The report examines the relationship between industrial bottom trawling & food security, based on 9 case studies from across the globe.
📰 This week @skollfoundation.bsky.social, our CEO Ebrima joined changemakers and innovators to share our story.
We know that when fishing communities hold their own funds, set their own agendas - accountability deepens, innovation follows, and change sticks.
More via: skoll.org/skoll-world-forum/
📢 227,300 hectares of Madagascar's coastal waters are now formally managed by the fisher communities who depend on them.
Years of organising and advocacy - now, formal rights in place: blueventures.org/community-oc...
When communities lead, oceans thrive. #WorldOceansDay
2025 in the Barren Isles was a tale of community-led conservation progress 💪
With support from @blueactionfund.org, we're laying the groundwork for the establishment of the Barren Isles Marine Protected Area (MPA): bit.ly/4rdEK9T
📢 The power to restore coastal seas lies within communities.
From June 16-18 we'll be in Mombasa for Our Ocean Conference, shaping policy discourse alongside a delegation of small-scale fishers from around the world: blueventures.shorthandstories.com/action-for-f...
🎣 What must change to secure a fair and sustainable future for fishing in Europe?
Each month, #MakeFishingFair will showcase "Voices from the Sea", where fishers share what it means to work at sea, and the realities of small-scale fishing in their country: bit.ly/4roHf9E
Mangrove restoration is thriving in Madagascar's Barren Isles! 165 hectares have been planted and counting, surpassing our 150 hectare target; powered by women and youth leading the way in community management.
With thanks to @blueactionfund.org @greenclimate.fund for their ongoing support!
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A landmark policy decision has strengthened legal recognition of coastal communities’ role in safeguarding Madagascar’s marine and coastal ecosystems. The draft decree on Other Effective Area-based Co...
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2025 in the Barren Isles - a tale of community-led conservation progress 💪
With support from the Blue Action Fund, communities in Madagascar's Barren Isles have been supercharging their marine conser...
