LUANDA, June 27, 2024. The FiTI International Secretariat recently met with Angola’s Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Carmen dos Santos to introduce the Fisheries Transparency Initiative’s (FiTI) mission and objectives. During the meeting, Minister dos Santos expressed enthusiasm for the FiTI, declaring that Angola will join the initiative by…
LISBON, June 03. The FiTI International Secretariat met with the Executive Secretariat of Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) in Portugal to discuss opportunities to improve fisheries transparency in Lusophone countries. CPLP is an international collective of nine Portuguese-speaking member states dedicated to strengthening diplomatic ties, improving strategic and…
ATHENS. Fisheries transparency was in the spotlight last month as leading authorities on ocean governance advocated for improving public access to fisheries management information at the Our Ocean Greece conference in Athens. Gathering 3,800 ocean leaders and officials from 119 countries, the Our Ocean Greece conference saw nonprofits and governments…
Intuitively, we understand that government transparency is a requirement for effective participation. But why is participation important for fisheries governance? And if transparency can improve participation, what kind of participation should we be aiming for? In our latest transparency brief (‘tBrief’), we attempt to answer these questions and unravel the…