Category Archives: Fisheries

New Resources on Fisheries Information from CERMES and FAO/Barbados

Inspired by a posting by Iris Monnereau (UNFAO/Barbados) and Georgina Bustamante on the CAMPAM  e-mail list, Hazel Oxenford of CERMES/UWI Cave Hill (Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies) helped me put together these three recent articles or chapters about fisheries … [Read more]

Communities of Action for SDG 14 – “Life Under Water”

UN Launches SDG 14 Communities of Action STORY HIGHLIGHTS To follow-up on outcomes from its World Ocean Conference*, held in June 2017, the UN has launched nine thematic, multi-stakeholder “Communities of Ocean Action”. The communities are meant to generate new … [Read more]

Leader and Long Briefing from “The Economist” 2017 re FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

<http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21722647-ocean-sustains-humanity-humanity-treats-it-contempt-how-improve-health> Deep trouble How to improve the health of the ocean The ocean sustains humanity. Humanity treats it with contempt Print edition | Leaders May 27th 2017 EARTH is poorly named. The ocean covers almost three-quarters of the planet. It … [Read more]