{"id":41,"date":"2009-05-06T08:22:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/05\/06\/edfbrookings-event-steps-for-us-cuba-cooperation-on-oceans\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T15:22:55","slug":"edfbrookings-event-steps-for-us-cuba-cooperation-on-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/05\/06\/edfbrookings-event-steps-for-us-cuba-cooperation-on-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF\/Brookings Event, Steps for U.S.-Cuba Cooperation on Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" title=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/brookings_reportsm.jpg\" title=\"The panel of experts at the Brookings Institution.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/dougpresentingsm.jpg\" title=\"Doug Rader, EDF Chief Scientist presenting at a panel on Cuban fisheries at Brookings Institute.\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/dougpresentingsms.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Doug Rader, EDF Oceans Chief Scientist, presenting at an event on Cuban fisheries at Brookings Institution.\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/dougpresentingsms.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Doug Rader, EDF Oceans Chief Scientist, presenting at an event on Cuban fisheries at Brookings Institution.\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/dougpresentingsms.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Doug Rader, EDF Oceans Chief Scientist, presenting at an event on Cuban fisheries at Brookings Institution.\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At least on the surface, relations between the U.S. and Cuba appear to be warming. Fidel Castro was even seen wearing a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/story?id=7476053&amp;page=1\">lapel pin<\/a> with the U.S. and Cuban flag on it, so timing couldn\u2019t have been better for a meeting hosted by EDF and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\">Brookings Institution<\/a> where a new path was outlined for the U.S. and Cuba to work together on protecting the diverse marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (read more about EDF&#8217;s Ocean program <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/article.cfm?contentID=9437\">initiatives in Cuba<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm2.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/brookings_reportsm2.jpg\" alt=\"The panel of experts at the Brookings Institution.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" title=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" title=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/05\/danwhittlesm.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Whittle, EDF\" height=\"1\" \/>The experts at the meeting agreed that the environment could be the easiest issue for the two countries to collaborate on since so much is shared, and so much is at stake. Whatever Cuba does in its waters directly affects, for example, the U.S. fishing industry and vice-versa. Other shared resources include coral reefs, ocean fish populations, habitats for migratory birds, marine mammals and turtles, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many bright spots on this issue is that President Obama already has the authority to authorize government-to-government initiatives or American NGO projects in Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least on the surface, relations between the U.S. and Cuba appear to be warming. Fidel Castro was even seen wearing a lapel pin with the U.S. and Cuban flag on it, so timing couldn\u2019t have been better for a meeting hosted by EDF and the Brookings Institution where a new path was outlined for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1863,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[511,504,472,72534,343,80,509],"coauthors":[5150],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-brookings-institution","tag-caribbean","tag-catch-shares","tag-cuba","tag-edf","tag-fisheries","tag-fishing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EDF\/Brookings Event, Steps for U.S.-Cuba Cooperation on Oceans  - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/05\/06\/edfbrookings-event-steps-for-us-cuba-cooperation-on-oceans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EDF\/Brookings Event, Steps for U.S.-Cuba Cooperation on Oceans  - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least on the surface, relations between the U.S. and Cuba appear to be warming. 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