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UN Food Systems Summit: Why we need more ambition and more action

By EDF Oceans / Published: August 3, 2023

Jose Luis Chicoma reflects on what needs to happen to create a sustainable food system.

By Jose Luis Chicoma and Karly Kelso

Last week, global leaders gathered in Rome for the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) +2 Stocktaking Moment, a follow-up event to evaluate commitments to transforming their food systems and progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) made in 2021. In short, it was a time to gather and take stock of where we are – and where we should go next.

How did it shape up?

In this interview, Jose Luis Chicoma, former Peru Minister of Production, Yale World Fellow and Senior Advisor to EDF Climate-Resilient Food Systems, who was present in Rome, shares personal reflections and his insights, concerns and hopes for the future. Food systems and ocean health go hand in hand, and reflections on aquatic blue food in concert with terrestrial food systems are key.

Posted in Climate and Fisheries Series, International, Policy, Science/Research, Seafood / Also tagged Aquaculture, Climate change, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, food, Food Security, Food Systems, Seafood, sustainability, Sustainable Seafood, UN Food Systems Summit | Comments are closed

Linking knowledge and action for climate-ready fisheries: Putting the puzzle together

By EDF Oceans / Published: July 25, 2023

Through collaboration and action, US fisheries can be managed with methods to enhance climate resilience.

By Julia Mason and Sarah Weisberg

What will it take to create climate-resilient fisheries?

Fisheries scientists and managers across the US have been sensing a change in the air — and not just the highest temperatures ever recorded, although they probably contribute. There’s a growing sense of climate urgency in fishery management conversations and agendas.

Posted in Climate and Fisheries Series, Global Fisheries / Also tagged Climate change, climate resilience, collaboration, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Fishery Management, Fishing, small-scale fisheries, sustainable fisheries | Comments are closed

Using sound to improve fishery management study sardines in the Philippines

By EDF Oceans / Published: June 8, 2023

Workshop participants watching the echosounder identify schools of pelagics. Photo credit Joe Warren.

By EDF’s Jose Ingles, Jimely Flores and Rod Fujita, and Joseph Warren, Stony Brook University

Small fish have a big role. Fisheries for sardine, herring and anchovy species collectively produce more yield than any other fisheries worldwide and account for about one-third of total global catches arriving in ports. These fisheries span the globe and are critical for supporting livelihoods, aquaculture, food security, ecotourism and terrestrial animal husbandry (many catches are used to make fishmeal and fish oil). Read More »

Posted in International, Science/Research / Also tagged acoustic, data, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Fishery Management, Philippines, research, Sardines, Seafood, sustainable fisheries | Comments are closed

Working with partners to evaluate the potential of blue foods in climate adaptation and mitigation strategies

By Karly Kelso / Bio / Published: May 25, 2023

Fresh seafood at the market in the City of Tacloban, Eastern Visayas region. Photo credit Marcial Bolen.

Over the last couple of years, EDF has actively worked to raise the contributions of aquatic foods in transforming food systems and making progress on 9 of the 17 the Sustainable Development Goals—global goals established under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a universal call to action to end poverty, to protect the planet, and to ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

Posted in International, Science/Research / Also tagged blue food, Blue Food Assessment, Care USA, Climate change, collaboration, Stanford, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stockholm Resilience Centre, World Fish | Comments are closed

Prioritizing Climate Resilience in United States Fisheries

By Reggie Paros / Published: February 23, 2023

The impacts of climate change are already apparent in U. S. offshore waters, creating challenges for fisheries, fishing communities and fisheries management. Examples of climate impacts are prevalent across all regions of the coastal U.S. As ocean temperatures warm, species distributions are shifting. For instance, market squid moving up the West Coast from Baja California to Oregon spurred a harvest boom in the Pacific Northwest. Species, including blue crabs and black sea bass, are shifting northward on the Atlantic coast. Read More »

Posted in Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Policy, Seafood / Also tagged Climate change, fishery solutions center, Harvest Control Rules, US fisheries | 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 / Also tagged Blue Carbon, Climate change, collaboration, Conservation, Domestic, Marine Protection, Oceans, sustainability, technology | Comments are closed