Fisheries and aquaculture will benefit from new agreement

Cecily Layzell -

WorldFish signs agreement with FAO
11 July 2018, Rome, Italy - Gareth Johnstone, Director General WorldFish, left, and Arni Mathiesen, Assistant Director General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO. Signing ceremony of an MoU between FAO and the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (WorldFish). COFI 2018 - Committee on Fisheries, 33rd Session, 9-13 July 2018. FAO headquarters (Canada room).
A new understanding between WorldFish and FAO will combat hunger and improve livelihoods by promoting the impact of fisheries and aquaculture research.

One man’s trash: Marine litter affecting ocean life, resilience of small-scale fisheries

Kate Bevitt -

A fisherman in Atauro, Timor-Leste.
A fisherman carries his net along the shore in Atauro, Timor-Leste. Photo by Holly Holmes, 2013.
Marine litter is a problem caused globally, but it is being most felt by coastal communities in developing countries, like Adara in Timor-Leste. Finding sustainable solutions to marine litter is the focus of World Oceans Day today, of which research to build the recognition and resilience of small-scale fisheries and fishers plays a critical part.