Co-management: a tool for delivering legal, inclusive, and sustainable fisheries in Liberia: Small-scale fisheries in Liberia play a critical role in food security and the national economy. This policy briefing explains how co-management can make an important contribution to the sustainable management of these fisheries.
Revision of EU Fisheries Control Regulation can make a big difference for biodiversity and climate if done right: open letter to the Council of the European Union: NGOs call on the Council of the European Union to ensure that the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation contributes to sustainable fisheries management, reducing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment and promoting the protection of species and ecosystems.
Revision of EU Fisheries Control Regulation can make a big difference for biodiversity and climate if done right: open letter to the European Parliament: NGOs call on the European Parliament to ensure that the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation contributes to sustainable fisheries management, reducing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment and promoting the protection of species and ecosystems.
Revision of EU Fisheries Control Regulation can make a big difference for biodiversity and climate if done right: open letter to the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: NGOs call on the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to ensure that the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation contributes to sustainable fisheries management, reducing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment and promoting the protection of species and ecosystems.
Urgent opportunity for EU, US, and Japan to jointly turn the tide on illegal fishing: As a coalition of organisations working on environmental and human rights issues, we call upon the main market states; EU, US, and Japan to work together at the 2022 One Ocean Summit to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
Lessons learnt from the IUU fishing Regulation for an ambitious corporate governance legislation: The EU Commission's Directorate-General for Justice, Consumer Rights and Gender Equality will soon set rules for companies to protect human rights and our natural environment. In this letter on sustainable business legislation, Oceana Europe and the Environmental Justice Foundation address EU Commissioner Didier Reynders and propose to apply the benefits of the EU regulation against illegal fishing to the SCG framework.
Communities for Fisheries project update - July-December 2021: The EU-funded Communities for Fisheries project aims to create skilled, capable and effective community co-management associations (CMAs) to secure legal and sustainable fisheries in Liberia. This brief summarises the progress made under the project from July to December of 2021.
A race to the top: Lessons learnt from the EU’s law on illegal fishing to secure an EU framework to lead global sustainable corporate governance: In 2022, the European Commission intends to release its legislative proposal for a Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. The Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy and WWF strongly encourage the EU to deliver a robust and world-leading Sustainable Corporate Governance framework, outlining their recommendations in this report informed by the lessons learnt from the EU’s law on illegal fishing.
Recommendations for the reform of Ghana’s Inshore Exclusion Zone (IEZ) reserved for small-scale fishing activities: There is an urgent need to improve the management of Ghana’s marine fisheries to reverse declines in landings and secure the livelihoods of small-scale fishers. This paper sets out the case for an extension of the zone reserved for small-scale fishers in Ghana to protect local livelihoods.
No shelter from the storm: The urgent need to recognise and protect climate refugees: Legal protections for those forced from their homes by the climate crisis are patchy and not fit for purpose. This report, which examines international frameworks that touch on the issue, found that definitions are vague, and protections are inconsistent.