I am thrilled to start this new challenge, and honoured to lead @oceana.bsky.social's incredible team in Europe. We’ll keep pushing to make the continent a global leader in #ocean conservation and restoration, leading to abundant fisheries and climate resilient, prosperous communities.
Thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal & oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, reveal @theguardian.com & @desmog.com. Later exported, these products "can enter the EU without documentation on species or origin", says @verampcoelho.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great start to #OOC11 in Mombasa, Kenya, where Oceana Board member Christina Chemtai Hicks is giving a keynote address to the pre-conference Science & Research Symposium. Diversity of life, of fishing methods, and of fishing communities is essential to sustainability and human nutrition.
⚠️Rules that are not implemented and enforced *cannot* be effective.⚠️
It is high time
for Member States to deliver on their obligations;
for @europarl.europa.eu to hold them accountable for abiding by co-decided law;
for @ec.europa.eu to enforce EU law when they fail to do so.
#EndOverfishing