{"id":94841,"date":"2023-03-03T04:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T04:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=06b53230a6c09bf80771097d92738319"},"modified":"2023-03-03T04:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T04:10:38","slug":"civil-society-groups-launch-global-charter-for-fisheries-transparency-at-2023-our-ocean-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/civil-society-groups-launch-global-charter-for-fisheries-transparency-at-2023-our-ocean-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil society groups launch Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency at 2023 Our Ocean conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
PANAMA CITY, Panama, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency<\/u><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a new international community of civil society organizations\u00a0\u2013 today launched the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency<\/a>. 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 organizations and companies around the world discussed the benefits of the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency at Our Ocean conference<\/u><\/a> in Panama this Thursday and Friday \u2013 an annual meeting for countries, civil society and industry to announce significant actions to safeguard the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n \u201cGhana recognizes the critical role that transparency plays in the fight against illegal fishing to protect livelihoods and provide food security to our coastal communities,\u201d said Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Ghana\u2019s Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. \u201cWith the significant progress Ghana has made in the last year on ending harmful fishing practices that have encouraged illegal fishing in our waters, we are now working towards making greater efforts towards sustaining fisheries transparency in Ghana.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Prof. Maxine Burkett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fisheries and Polar Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, highlighted how the U.S. plays a leading role in increasing transparency in global fisheries.<\/p>\n \u201cLast year, President<\/em>\u00a0Biden released a National Security Memorandum that recognizes the importance of transparency for combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated forced labor abuses,\u201d she s<\/em>aid.\u00a0\u201cBy enhancing productive information-sharing, t<\/em>he\u00a0Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency will serve as an important complement to the U.S.\u00a0government\u2019s activities to end IUU fishing through improving fisheries and ocean governance, <\/em>increasing enforcement efforts, and raising ambition to end IUU fishing globally.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n