End Consensus Decision-Making: A Call for Fundamental Reform at WCPFC21
The annual regular session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), held this month in Suva, Fiji, underscored an urgent truth: the consensus- based decision-making model of Regional…
NGO Calls on Canada to stand against sustainability secrecy in the pacific
[Reykjavik, Iceland, 27 November 2024] – Calling for an end to the practice of conducting key fisheries sustainability meetings in private, NGO Accountability.Fish challenged Canadian Fisheries Minister Dianne Lebouthillier to…
Time to walk the talk, Accountability.Fish calls for WCPFC general meeting to open proceedings
Reykjavik, Iceland, November 25, 2024 – With the General Meeting of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) beginning on November 28, Accountability.Fish is calling on Commission members use…
New Zealand Government refuses NGO calls to back end to secret WCPFCCompliance Processes
[Reykjavik, Iceland, 11 November 2024] — The New Zealand Government has officially responded to a letter from NGO Accountability.Fish demanding the participation of observers in the Western and Central Pacific…
RFMO Accountability Tracker Highlights Actions at Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
As the Committee on Fisheries 36th Session (COFI36) ended last week, it is an opportune time to reiterate that Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) are consistently failing to sustain international…
Sustainable Ocean Governance Requries Urgent Reform
As the Committee on Fisheries 36th Session (COFI36) ended last week, it is an opportune time to reiterate that Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) are consistently failing to sustain international…
Greenpeace amplifies Accountability.Fish’s call for immediate RFMO reform
International oceans governance watchdog Accountability.Fish welcomes the launch of Greenpeace International’s bombshell report on oceans governance
IOTC DECISIONS REVEALED
RFMO Accountability Tracker Highlights Actions at Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
[Washington, DC, May 31, 2024] – As part of its effort to promote transparent and open oceans governance, Accountability.Fish has…
Accountability.Fish Blasts Unprecendented Chinese Proposal at Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
WASHINGTON: Calling a move to curtail stakeholder participation at today’s meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commision (IOTC) an “unprecedented an unnecessary infringement on the right of stakeholders to submit…
