01 August 2024, Rome – A set of voluntary guidelines for the sustainable management of deep-sea fisheries and the protection of seafloor habitats adopted in 2008 have led to profound changes in the way that bottom fisheries are managed, a new FAO-report says. Environmental protection has...

At the annual meeting of the Common Oceans Tuna project partners, including tuna regional fisheries management organization (RFMO), industry representatives, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), took stock of progress made in making tuna fisheries more sustainable and provide guidance on the continued work of the project. This meeting...

Some Pacific Island Countries and Territories run the risk of a significant dent to their revenues as climate change causes shifts in tuna abundance and distribution, research from the Common Oceans Program suggests. Rising water temperatures, expanding low oxygen zones, ocean acidification, and more frequent extreme weather...

Rome--, During an online event on 8 May 2024, The Common Oceans Deep-sea fisheries project of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) unveiled a new study on the implementation of FAO's 2008 deep-sea fisheries guidelines along with an e-learning course on deep-sea...

12 March, Rome-Washington – New information material on management procedures - long-term, pre-agreed and science-based fishery management approaches - is now available on HarvestStrategies.org, an interactive knowledge hub aimed at demonstrating how harvest strategies can lead to more sustainable and profitable fisheries. The new material includes an...