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• Mediterranean
• Ocean governance

One of the first issues that Barbara Orlando, president of the fisher cooperative in Porto Cesareo – a fishing village in the south of Italy – had to discuss when she joined the newly established co-management committee was the need for a reduction in fishing pressure in the local marine protected area (MPA), to allow depleted stocks to recover.

• Coastal climate resilience
• Mediterranean
• Sustainable blue economy

In a small-scale scampi fishery, scientific research is supporting sustainable practices was a smart investment in the future of Croatia’s most iconic seafood.

• Coral Triangle
• Ocean governance

It was a sunny day — almost like any other — in the 1990s when Yustus Menarbu’s parents took him along with them to the sea. For Yustus, that day was special.

• Ocean governance

For some people, putting a value on nature is deeply unsettling. How can one species — humans — put a price on the exquisite diversity of life with which we share our planet?

• Ocean governance

The UN Ocean Conference was held in Lisbon, Portugal, the last week of June, after two years’ delay due to COVID-19. Maria Honig attended the highly anticipated event and came away with a mixture of disappointment and cautious optimism.

• Ocean governance
• South West Indian Ocean

Congratulations. You are the bearer of a newly recognized human right. In October this year, the Human Rights Council recognized that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.

• Ocean governance
• Women and food security

“My goal is to set an example as a fishing community that has a high quality of life for both men and women, while taking care of our natural resources.” says Sara Garrido, president of Chile’s National Corporation of Artisanal Fishing Women. Sara makes her living harvesting seaweed in Coliumo, on Chile’s central coast.

• Ocean governance

A summit of small-scale fishers is gathering in Rome ahead of the FAO’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) meeting. Nicolás Fernández Muñoz, President of RIPAPE, a network of small-scale fishers representing more than 20 million fishermen and fisherwomen, will be there. WWF asked him five questions about the summit.