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What the BBNJ negotiations could mean for the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’

By EDF Oceans / Published: January 9, 2023

By Vrinda Suresh, Julia Mason and Doug Rader

During the last two weeks of August 2022, delegates from across the globe gathered in New York City for the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Conference, or IGC5, to develop a new treaty to protect biodiversity in offshore waters, called the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, or BBNJ Agreement. The BBNJ Agreement specifically addresses high seas waters, which include all areas more than 200 nautical miles from coastlines and fall outside the management authority of individual countries. The high seas make up nearly 60% of Earth’s oceans. Read More »

Posted in International, Policy / Tagged Climate change, Fishery Management, twilight zone | Comments are closed

Looking to the oceans for answers to the climate crisis

By EDF Oceans / Published: November 11, 2022

Three new reports examine the potential of blue carbon pathways to act as natural climate solutions.

By Kristin Kleisner, Monica Moritsch and Jamie Collins

Posted in International, Science/Research / Tagged Blue Carbon, Climate change, climate-resilient fisheries, collaboration, Conservation, Domestic, Marine Protection, Oceans, sustainability, technology | Comments are closed

Tech solutions to meet the challenges of a changing ocean

By EDF Oceans / Published: September 13, 2022

By Janelle Hangen and Huff McGonigal

Climate change will continue to have serious impacts on oceans, fish stocks and fishing communities. If we continue to emit carbon at the current rate, landings of sustainably caught fish will decline by as much as a 25% by the end of the century due to shifting stocks and decreases in productivity. To meet this challenge, a suite of new and emerging technologies can help fishers, managers and communities to fish smarter and to become more climate-resilient in an uncertain future. EDF’s new publication, Technologies for Climate-Resilient Fisheries, identifies four primary climate challenges and the technologies available to meet them. Read More »

Posted in International, Science/Research / Tagged Abalobi, Aruna, Berring Data Collective, Climate change, Coastal Communities, fish stocks, Fisheries, Navcast, NOAA, Oceans, resilient fisheries, technology, Woods Hole Group | Comments are closed

The Climate-Resilient Fisheries Toolkit can help you build resilience now

By EDF Oceans / Published: September 6, 2022

By Jeff Young

Climate change and overfishing are increasingly straining fisheries and marine ecosystems, putting marine biodiversity, the nutrition of people in coastal communities and global food supply at greater risk. Fishers, community leaders and practitioners worldwide are poised to take action, but often grapple with uncertainty, limited data or insufficient resources. Meanwhile, the journey of building resilience can often feel daunting and overwhelming. These leaders and change-makers are not alone in their experiences and tangible solutions to these major challenges are within reach. Read More »

Posted in Global Fisheries, International, Science/Research / Tagged Belize, Chile, Climate change, climate-resilient fisheries, collaboration, Conservation, Cuba, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Fishermen, Fishery Management, fishery solutions center, Fishing, Food Security, Marine Protection, Mexico, research, small-scale fisheries, sustainability, sustainable fisheries | Comments are closed

To solve our food problems, we must look to the oceans

By EDF Oceans / Published: July 12, 2022

By Christopher Free and Willow Battista

Earlier this spring, 1.5 million livestock died in the Horn of Africa. The immediate culprit was a severe, prolonged drought spurred by the growing effects of climate change. It’s a sign of weakening food systems in a warming world. But while land-based food systems are carbon-intensive and increasingly unstable, research shows aquatic food presents real, tangible opportunities to feed more people with fewer climate impacts and a clear message: to solve our food problems, we must look to the oceans. Read More »

Posted in International, Science/Research / Tagged Aquaculture, Blue Foods, Climate change, Environmental Defense Fund, Fisheries, Food Systems, Lobster, mariculture, Oceans, Seafood, sustainable fisheries, tropical fisheries, UC Santa Barbara Bren School | Comments are closed

For fisheries in the Caribbean, life revolves around the climate… and our climate resilience

By EDF Oceans / Published: June 28, 2022

By:

Eduardo “Lalo” Boné Morón, Senior Manager, EDF Cuba Oceans Program
Juan Carlos Duque, Project Manager of the Biological Corridor in the Caribbean of UNEP
José “Pepe” Gerhartz, Conservation Specialist of the CBC Secretariat

“Life revolves around the climate,” says José Luis “Pepe” Gerhartz, a senior conservation specialist from the Caribbean Biological Corridor Initiative, or CBC, a joint initiative between Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. The scientific knowledge generated by Pepe, among many other experts dedicated to studying climate, indicates that climate change is causing drastic alterations to our oceans. These alterations are inevitably affecting marine ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them. Fisheries are already suffering as changes in sea temperature, sea currents and many other processes in the oceans affect the abundance and distribution of marine species. Certain organisms will be able to adapt, moving in search of better conditions. However, many others will not, potentially reducing the oceans’ ability to thrive and nourish the world. Read More »

Posted in Cuba, International / Tagged adaptive fisheries management, Belize, caribbean, Caribbean Biological Corridor Initiative, Climate change, Coastal Communities, Cuba, Dominican Republic, FAO, Fisheries, Food Security, Haiti, International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, IYAFA, learning exchange, marine ecosystems, multispecies fisheries management, ocean conservation, ocean temperature, Oceans, Puerto Rico, sharks, small-scale fisheries, stock distributions, sustainability, tropical islands, UN | Comments are closed