Food security
Beatrice Gorez
New report from Changing Markets Foundation ...

The research presents evidence that this production for use of global aquaculture supply chains is precipitating the collapse of stocks and compromising food security

New report from Changing Markets Foundation highlights the catastrophe provoked by fishmeal factories in The Gambia

OACPS

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8th OACPS Ministerial meeting declaration: "SSF are the mainstay of OACPS' fisheries sector with enduring roots in traditions and values"

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8th OACPS Ministerial meeting declaration: "SSF are the mainstay of OACPS' fisheries sector with enduring roots in traditions and values"

The declaration touches upon most fisheries’ hot topics: the fight against IUU fishing, good governance, transparency, fisheries subsidies, among others. On most of these topics, emphasis is put by the Ministers on small scale fisheries.

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8th meeting of OACPS Ministers Responsible for Oceans, Inland Waters and Fisheries: artisanal fisheries representatives call for the protection of coastal zones by and for communities

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8th meeting of OACPS Ministers Responsible for Oceans, Inland Waters and Fisheries: artisanal fisheries representatives call for the protection of coastal zones by and for communities

In September 2024, the Ministers responsible for Fisheries of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) met in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) to discuss the theme ‘ Accelerating action for sustainable and resilient oceans, fisheries and aquaculture in OECP member countries and regions’.

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Local fishing communities’ involvement will be key for making OACPS-EU fisheries relations a success

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Local fishing communities’ involvement will be key for making OACPS-EU fisheries relations a success

The new Partnership Agreement between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union, that should be signed in the first half of 2022 in Apia (Samoa), will guide the relations between the two blocks for the next twenty years.

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The EU: “The increased demand for feed for aquaculture should not deprive local communities of nutrition security and livelihoods”

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The EU: “The increased demand for feed for aquaculture should not deprive local communities of nutrition security and livelihoods”

In a webinar on transforming aquatic food systems, organized by FAO, the EU and OACPS, participants underscore the important role of sustainable artisanal fisheries value chains for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.