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Call for urgent action to keep industrial fishers from “pulling a fast one” following UN Treaty agreement

Noting that the timing for ratification and implementation of a new UN High Seas Treaty has yet to be set, Accountability.Fish Global Director Ryan Orgera today called for “urgent action”…

March 7, 2023 Accountability.Fish

Fisheries governance reform still needed even as high seas treaty agreement

While the shape of a long-term UN treaty to protect high seas marine life was agreed last week, fisheries governance pressure group Accountability.Fish called today for immediate action to make…

March 6, 2023 Accountability.Fish

Overfishing: citizens in Latam/South Pacific see economic case for change

Overfishing is not merely an environmental concern – it’s a pressing economic issue and is seen as such by citizens in developing countries on opposite ends of the world. That…

December 7, 2022 Accountability.Fish x ClearPath Strategies

Mismanaged Fisheries are an Economic Threat

Building support for protecting fisheries begins at the kitchen table. It is an economic issue. It is about protecting jobs. Creating new jobs. Fishing jobs, yes. But also canning jobs,…

November 28, 2022 Politico

Bringing accountability to the dark and murky world of RFMOs: The case for Accountability.Fish

Diving in to address the problems of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations – with a pledge for transparency, people and planet. If you have ever eaten a can of tuna, you…

November 28, 2022

It’s Time for Accountability: Movement Launches to Fight Fisheries Misgovernance, Secure Equal Stakeholder Access

FARO, PORTUGAL: “With the world’s fisheries and oceans at a potential tipping point – it’s time for some real accountability to be brought to the murky world of fisheries governance.…