New York/Rome – 28 April 2016 – When the first session of the Preparatory Committee for developing an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ...

On February 24-25, 2015, the representatives of the IATTC coastal states met in Panama for the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): Eastern Pacific Ocean Countries Tuna Management Workshop. Watch full video

The brochure introduces the Common Oceans ABNJ Program supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The Program started in 2014 as a collaboration between FAO and two other GEF implementing agencies, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Bank, plus Global Ocean Forum, WWF, Conservation International, and IUCN...

* Report of the workshop is available here. February 2016 | Honolulu. One of the major obstacles to assessing and mitigating bycatch is the confidentiality of data. In the case of sea turtles, most fishers do not record them in logbooks, and the observer datasets which do record them...

The workshop on Capacity development to improve the management of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ): needs, experiences, options, and opportunities will be taking place from May 18-21, 2016 in St. George's, Grenada as part of the Blue Week & Investment Conference The workshop will be hosted by the Government of...