Noelia Zafra-Calvo & @frbiodiv.bsky.social ✨🦈

@nathanjbennett.bsky.social Antonio Di Franco Graham Epstein Louisa Evans Phil Franks @georgina-gurney.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social Jacqueline Lau @natalilazzari.bsky.social @shaunamahajan.bsky.social @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social Josheena Naggea @rachelturner.bsky.social

This works highlights the need for smarter and deeper investment to tackle root causes and ensure fair outcomes

Thanks to David Gill & Stephanie D'Agata for leading this work, plus the amazing team @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @marinecons.bsky.social Angelee Pavanee Annasawamy

💵 Billions flow into marine climate adaptation projects in the Global South, but contextual inequities can undermine their impact 🌍

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Our new global analysis of 35,000+ projects shows less than a third of projects explicitly consider equity 🐟 🦀

Framing justice in the blue economy: Perspectives of state and non-state actors in Mauritius - Maritime Studies Maritime Studies - Given the popularity of the blue economy as a new development paradigm, scholars and practitioners alike have been calling for greater attention to its implications for equity...

New paper by Emilie Wiehe @noellagray.bsky.social and Komalsingh Rambaree 🐟 🐠

"Multiple frames of justice ... are detrimental to small-scale fishers and other coastal resource users, who are not adequately recognized as subjects of justice."

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨

Investing smarter and deeper to advance #equity in high-stakes coastal locations in the #GlobalSouth

📰 The article is published in #OpenAccess in Communications Sustainability: doi.org/10.1038/s444...

‼️ Nearly three out of four of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage, says a new study by @wcs.org
and the University of Queensland.

🌍 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Scots ministers face legal threat after own officials find sea rules broken Ministers face legal action after their own officials found they broke their own rules on protecting Scotland’s seas.

🚨 The Scottish Govt faces legal action from ocean campaigners after officials were found to have broken their own rules on protecting Scotland’s seas - by failing to properly consider environmental damage when allowing fishing 👩‍⚖️🌊 @ourseas-scot.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2595569...

...these documentaries risk obscuring the systemic impacts of historical and ongoing colonialism and neocolonialism on ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods of Indigenous communities, small‐scale fishers, and other coastal populations."

"By often prioritizing Western scientific narratives, individualistic solutions, and visually arresting but potentially decontextualized imagery....

Representation and Power in Ocean Conservation Documentaries: A Decolonial Analysis | Article | Ocean and Society Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson, Angelo O. Villagomez

🐳 Important new paper by @jahwaiian.bsky.social & Angelo Villagomez on representation in ocean documentaries! 🐠

www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...

SCB Art, Science and Conservation Working Group - Expression of Interest Thank you for your interest in joining the new Art, Science and Conservation Working Group of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)! The Art, Science and Conservation Working Group brings togeth...

SCB's Art, Science + Conservation WG is seeking members!
We bring together artists, researchers + conservation practitioners to explore how creative arts can support biodiversity conservation.
forms.gle/af6xkoosh7Yn...

ICES Secretariat is accepting applications for a Science Department Officer (parental leave cover).

This role starts in June 2026 and will involve coordination, administration, & support for our scientific expert groups.

Deadline to apply 6 April 2026.
ℹ️ www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...

New JCU-led research warns that the future of Pacific small-fishing communities may be compromised by ambitious marine conservation targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity. 🐟🐠🎣

Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4syQLHI

"First-of-its-kind event." Whale shark swims "astounding" 1,200km from Madagascar to Seychelles | Discover Wildlife Gentle giant’s epic journey highlights the need for transboundary conservation strategies, say researchers.

Connecting two nations is a single whale shark, observed to have made the first documented instance of swimming from Madagascar to Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

How high seas protection could empower West Africa A region long characterised as a victim of ocean exploitation is taking a leadership role in a huge emerging conservation effort

dialogue.earth/en/ocean/how...

‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down? In December 2024, Rachel Graham, executive director of the Belize-based marine nonprofit MarAlliance, posted on LinkedIn that she knew “5 wildlife & conservation scientists who have taken their lives ...

Conservationists are struggling, so I wrote this special article about mental health in the sector. Give it a read!

Thank you for the thoughtful dialogue and for reinforcing that public engagement remains central to building an inclusive and resilient future 🐿️

During these challenging times, it's genuinely uplifting to be invited into meaningful public consultation. Creating space for diverse voices isn't just due process - it's walking the walk on sustainability, transparency, and equity 🐦

Thank you Environment and Climate Change Canada for the opportunity to join local leaders and graduate students @brocku.ca in sharing our perspectives on the 2026-2029 Draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy 🌿

www.canada.ca/en/environme...

“Blythe said [...] the scores themselves are not as important as the dialogue they generate. “The whole goal is to improve practices in the water.”

Thanks to @joachimclaudet.bsky.social David Gill et al.

Ocean Equity Index aims to measure justice at sea Ocean projects and governance systems abound globally— everything from offshore energy to coastal aquaculture and fishing treaties — yet there is no standardized way to measure how equitable they are....

🐳 Equity is often overlooked because it's seen as too complex to engage with – the Ocean Equity Index seeks to address that.

Thank you @mongabay.com for the thoughtful coverage of our new paper: news.mongabay.com/2026/02/ocea...

Finally, we argue “To reduce bias or power imbalances, assessments should ideally be completed by independent third parties, multi-actor focus group discussions, or by those directly affected by the initiative (for example, Indigenous Peoples and local communities)” (p. 126-127).

...we recommend facilitating focus group discussions to explore the underlying reasons for these differences in opinion, generate actionable ideas to address them, and facilitate dialogue between the groups, thereby fostering improved collaboration and ultimately improving equity” (p. 124)

Second, the index is designed to facilitate discussions about diverse views on equity. As we say in the paper “Whenever possible, equity assessments should be completed by different relevant actor groups. If actor groups hold divergent perspectives on equity...

Importantly, the last step “involves identifying actions for improving equity within each criterion in the ‘next steps’ column” (p. 124). The purpose of the index is to identify and implement actions to improve equity, not to focus on a number.

Hi @peterjsjones.bsky.social Thanks for the opportunity to clarify! First, the OEI is so much more than a single number. Our visualization tool deliberately shows all twelve equity criteria to limit the tendency to focus only on the final index number.

Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government bans fish meal production BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — This small West African nation, whose mangrove-fringed coastal waters and expansive estuaries are important spawning grounds for fish species that migrate along the West…

As neighbors tightened controls, Guinea-Bissau emerged as a regional fish meal hub. Chinese-owned factory vessels began arriving in 2019, and new onshore plants soon followed.

But on Jan. 29, the govt abruptly banned fish meal production, citing threats to marine ecosystems and food security.

Displaced for conservation, South Africa’s Thonga try to keep fishing traditions alive KOSI BAY, South Africa — “There’s a way to hold the spear,” Fano Tembe says, aiming a traditional fishing spear at the sand to show the tourists how they’ll be stabbing a fish in a trap they’re about…

A Thonga community in South Africa is striving to preserve a centuries-old, low-impact fishing tradition despite losing access to ancestral waters to a new park.

Park officials say communities are included in planning, claiming tourism to be the most viable development boost for the area.

Preparing fisheries professionals to work with and for Indigenous fisheries agencies and organizations ABSTRACT. Treating Indigenous Peoples as equal participants in decision making requires that groups be prepared to work together in mutually respectful way

🎣 Important new paper by Hannah Postma et al.! "Preparing fisheries professionals to work with and for Indigenous fisheries agencies and organizations" ✨

academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...