More than a fifth of marine life taken from the sea doesn’t feed people.

Much is caught by industrial fleets like bottom trawlers and ground into fishmeal, at the expense of small-scale fishers.

Follow the new investigation from The Outlaw Ocean Project:
https://bit.ly/4jwFab9

For coastal fishing families across Southeast Asia, informal lenders are often the only option when emergencies hit.

In communities across Indonesia and Timor-Leste, women began looking for a different way: https://bit.ly/474mgRj

Last month, temporary reserves reopened following a recovery period. 764 fishers, 6,900 kg of octopus, 207 kg of crab - over just two days.

Communities in Madagascar's Barren Isles are showing, in action, why community-led fisheries management works.

With thanks to @blueactionfund.org 🤝

The power to restore the ocean has always lived in the people who depend on it.

At Blue Ventures, we back coastal communities with the funding, data and advocacy to lead their own conservation. Thriving communities, thriving oceans: blueventures.org

"Well-enforced PAAs, where bottom trawling is prohibited, strengthen the resilience of small-scale fleets, accelerate fish stock recovery and protect coastal livelihoods."

Read more, via @politico.eu, on Ghana's decision to extend its PAA from 6 to 12 nautical miles: https://politi.co/4zueAEj

Coastal communities are doing the work that global conservation targets depend on; yet their right to remain on the land from which they access the sea is routinely insecure.

🔗 As #ClimateWeekNYC draws to a close, read more from our Global Head of Secure Rights via: https://bit.ly/3VzZ4b3

Strengthening small-scale fisheries is one of the most direct and undervalued routes to food security.

Our work focuses on making nutritious fish more available at the community level, ensuring women have equal access to fish and decision-making across the value chain: https://bit.ly/4h8TXab

📢 "Now more than ever, we need to come together and unite our efforts without being divided by our differences."
- Renato Galeotti, small-scale fisher from Vada, Italy.

Read the latest blog from Make Fishing Fair:
https://bit.ly/4roHf9E

📢 "Protecting marine ecosystems alone is not enough.

Governments, donors and conservation organisations must also invest in the people on the front lines of ocean change."

Our Chief Programme Officer, Hoyt Peckham, speaking today via @financialtimes.com: https://bit.ly/4cRuPSU

After five years, our Blue Forests programme in West Kalimantan has come to a close.

Together with YHB, YPI and coastal communities, 550 km² of mangroves are now under community-led management - and the work now carries on in local hands.

@blueactionfund.org

Our West Africa team was proud to be at the launch of
Senegal's national Women & Climate Change campaign last week, hosted by Natural Justice.

Real representation means real power over decisions - no climate justice without women's voice in governance.

More via: https://naturaljustice.org/

There are over 80,000 coastal communities worldwide, and these are the people who know the ocean best. Our job? We just help clear the path.

This is what happens when communities hold the power. This is community-powered change: blueventures.org

📽️ ReWild Africa

IUU fishing in marine waters is a growing issues in Kenya, so it's great that NTV interviewed both Nelly and Clay from @blueventures.bsky.social, who are the experts on IUU in the region.

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🎈🎉 Happy 5th birthday, Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition! https://bit.ly/4kvaHGV

We're proud to work alongside them: a coalition of 150+ organisations across nearly 50 countries, uniting small-scale fisher collectives, coastal communities, and international NGOs under one banner...

“We remained unrecognised as fishers for years, even when we registered ourselves. But we persist, working to change this.”

This month, we've celebrated the Ocean Matriarchs. Separated by the ocean - connected by experience and innovation. When women lead, communities thrive: https://bit.ly/4fF01qi