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13,279 people are calling on Scot Gov Marine to safeguard our inshore seas by reinstating a modern #InshoreLimit 🪸 Take a stand for marine life, low-impact fishers, and all of us who rely on healthy seas 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit #BringBacktheFish

Bottom trawling has no place in France’s marine protected areas (MPAs)! 📣 Today, coalition members Environmental Justice Foundation & Défense des Milieux Aquatiques, have formally requested the 🇫🇷 government to stop breaking the law and keep bottom trawling out of two of its most vulnerable and biodiverse MPAs 🪸

🚨 This Wednesday! 🚨 Join Canoe & Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) and colleagues as they discuss the implementation of Fisheries & Aquaculture's Small-Scale Fishery Guidelines in Africa as part of their Fishers' Rights project 🌊 Register here 👉wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #Fisheries #Conservation #SSF

This powerful panel will explore the application of the Small-Scale Fishery Guidelines in #Africa during Canoe & Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG)'s webinar tomorrow 💪 Have you signed up? wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #Fisheries #Conservation #SSF

#CoastalTestimonies exhibition is coming to Glasgow, Inverness & Ullapool this autumn and winter Visit bit.ly/coastal_testim… to learn more Photography by Katerina Barvirova #ourseas #scotland #coastalcommunities

📰 TBT Coalition news 📰 The latest newsletter highlights how our members are holding decision-makers accountable for #bottomtrawling commitments through legal actions, petitions and public mobilisations 👩‍⚖️ Read here 👇 transformbottomtrawling.org/?mailpoet_rout… 📷Melting Prod, Olivier Anbergen

"It’s time for Scotland’s seas to be managed for the benefit of all and for the resilience of the communities that rely on them." Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine Take action: bit.ly/inshorelimit #InshoreLimit

Yesterday, in Accra, CEMLAWS Africa and Centre for Coastal Management brought together fisheries stakeholders to deliberate on Industrial Sector Repositioning Strategy. The meeting continues today with a High-Level Stakeholders' Policy Engagement CaFGOAG, National Fish Processors and Traders Association & Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) are representing #SSF

“...the apportioning of blame is pointless now. The damage has been done and it remains only to administer remedial treatment.” Our op-ed in the Herald quotes Angus Martin’s sombre call - 20 years ago - for recovery of Scotland’s inshore fisheries. heraldscotland.com/opinion/247039…

🛑The UK urgently needs a clear strategy to end overfishing and revive ocean life. Oceana UK’s new report outlines a clear roadmap for government action and sustainable seas. Read more 👉 bit.ly/oceana-uk-road… #TransformBottomTrawling

🌊 CaFGOAG #WorldFisheriesDay Celebration: 📅 Date: Tuesday, Nov 19 📍 Location: Aboadze, W/R 🕒 Time: 10:00am Our theme for the celebration is 🌊"Upholding SSF Guidelines: Investing in Social Protection for Equitable Development in the Fisheries Sector" #BlueTransformation

Happy #WorldFisheriesDay2024 everyone! 🎣 We wish we could celebrate with Canoe & Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) in #Ghana, where they're raising the voice of small-scale fishers ✊🇬🇭

Exciting to read this new assessment of Preferential Access Areas for small-scale fisheries! Early findings suggest reserving coastal areas for #SSF (sometimes called Inshore Exclusion Zones) could lead to bigger, more valuable and more nutritious catches nature.com/articles/s4418…

Scottish Ministers continue to fail to deliver their promises! The Scottish Government designated "Marine Protected Areas" in 2014 to protect the most sensitive parts of our seas - 10 years later most remain without any protection. Scotland’s seas and its people deserve better. Learn

Curious about why we're called the "Transform" Bottom Trawling Coalition? 🤔 This article in #Fishing News, the UK's leading industry newspaper, calls for a nuanced approach to #bottomtrawling and harks back 800 years to fishers' campaigns that wouldn't be out of place today 👇

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