KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency, a new international community of civil society organisations has launched the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency at Our Ocean conference in Panama from March 2-3.
According to a statement, the Charter pinpoints the most essential policy priorities needed to combat fisheries mismanagement, illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea.
Experts, ministers and delegates from international organisations, and companies around the world discussed the benefits of Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency at the annual meeting for countries, civil society and industry to announce significant actions to safeguard the world’s oceans.
The Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency lays out a new roadmap to advance marine governance internationally, by providing a set of advocacy principles that are both effective and achievable by all stakeholders involved in fisheries governance and management.
Coalition for Fisheries Transparency Director, Maisie Pigeon said continuous advocacy efforts by civil society organisations are critical to improving fisheries governance internationally as well as protecting the ocean and the people who depended on its resources.
“The Coalition’s mission to deliver an urgent shift towards greater transparency in fisheries will be achieved through supporting our members in developing joint strategies, harmonising and strengthening efforts, and finally closing transparency policy gaps in fisheries governance,” she said.
Through civil society organisations from around the world, the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency calls on governments to apply the Charter’s principles in legislation and practice.
Additionally, global partnership initiatives, like the Fisheries Transparency Initiative, emphasised the importance of equal, multi-stakeholder collaboration to increase transparency in coastal countries for achieving sustainably managed marine fisheries.
-- BERNAMA
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