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Finding economics-based solutions to sustainable fisheries: the VII Meeting of Fisheries Management Alternatives

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by Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Nereus Program Manager & Research Associate

Throughout Latin America (and in much of the world), clear signs of overfishing and deteriorating fishing communities, together with decades of research and conservation efforts, are perhaps creating a turning point towards the widespread desire for policies to achieve sustainable fisheries. Each sector has a distinct set of responsibilities that they must be held to account for, even as we keep listening to and recognizing each other and the value that everyone brings.

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3rd Scientific Congress UMIP

Nereus Fellow Andres Cisneros-Montemayor (UBC) will be attending the 3rd Scientific Congress UMIP, in Panama City, from November 24 to 26.

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Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries

| Publication Highlights, Fisheries, Economics

For the past ten years, Sea Around Us has been constructing a more accurate view of world fishery catches, finding, among other things, that 30% of catch goes unreported. Now the work of 400 researchers from 273 countries, led by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller, has been compiled in a comprehensive 520-page book called the Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries.

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Mexico needs to rethink environmental protection budget cuts, prioritize ecologically-sustainable human development

| Policy Forum, Ecology and Biodiversity, Economics

By Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

Mexico recently released its budget for 2017, and among the top five largest cuts were environmental protection (down by 37%), culture (-30%), and education (-11%). Political rhetoric aside, these cuts reflect a continuing view of these issues as minor, long-term, or otherwise less important or pressing. The problem is, these views also directly contradict a growing recognition in international policy of the importance of the environment, culture and education, in and of themselves, but also as part of an interdependent suite of human development goals.

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International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC4)

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The International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) took place from July 30th to August 3rd in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The congress brings together marine conservation professionals and students in order to “develop new and powerful tools to further marine conservation science and policy”. Under the theme of “Making Marine Science Matter”, this year’s conference dealt with strategies to influence policy-makers and stakeholders, and was divided among several topics of interest, including marine food security, ocean science technology, and marine policy.

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DFO Pacific sardine survey

Nereus Fellow Andres Cisneros-Montemayor (UBC) will be attending the DFO Pacific sardine survey, on Vancouver Island, Canada, from August 1 to 6.

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