Ned Daly is a sustainability specialist/contributing editor with Diversified Communications. He has worked on sustainable markets in a variety of resources for 25 years. Ned worked in seafood for the last decade with SeaWeb, Previously he was director of RugMark International (now GoodWeave), a certification program for child-labor-free rugs coming from Southeast Asia. He also served as chief operating officer for the Forest Stewardship Council in the United States, managing relationships with industry leaders and a diversity of key stakeholders including conservation nongovernment organizations, policymakers and industry trade associations. Ned has also worked on sustainable markets in the agricultural sector and the relationship between resource extraction and ecosystem health. He lives in Alfred, Maine.
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Using a number of inputs, including machine learning, satellite imagery, and automatic identification systems (AIS) data, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has created – under its Open Ocean Project – the most detailed global map of large vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure that has ever been publicly available.
The study, with its maps and findings published in the British scientific journal Nature, identified and mapped a
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A new project, AquaWatch Australia Mission, will provide close to real time water quality monitoring and forecasts aimed at improving seafood production and aquaculture management in Australia.
AquaWatch Australia will combine data from water sensors and satellites before applying computer models and artificial intelligence to provide better data in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf, considered Australia’s “seafood basket”
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Rare, an international nonprofit based in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., has created what it calls a first-of-its-kind small-scale fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond to finance community-led co-management of small-scale fisheries.
Rare announced the bond at the COP28 meetings in the United Arab Emirates, and is targeting early 2024 for the launch of the program. Its plan for the SSF Impact Bond program is to scale up through three rounds, with a
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The results of a study on bluefin tuna genetics, intended to support better conservation and help aid in the creation of effective management plans, recently appeared in the scientific journal Molecular Ecology.
AZTI Technological Centre, an organization that specializes in marine and food research, led the study and said the results will support sustainable management plans that better anticipate when changes in abundance or distribution
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The Certification and Ratings Collaboration recently released an updated version of its data tool, which aims to be the most comprehensive resource available offering a high-level overview of seafood’s environmental performance.
The collaboration's members, which now include the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Fair Trade USA, Marine Stewardship Council, Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® Program, the Sustainable Fisheries
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The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) and FishChoice have launched a collaborative project intended to address accountability issues in fishery improvement projects.
The program will use GSA’s seafood processing standard (SPS) to support greater supply chain assurance and traceability for FIPs reporting on FisheryProgress.org. GSA’s processing standard evaluates environmental responsibility, social accountability, and food safety for
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More than a dozen foundations have pledged USD 250 million (EUR 232 million) over a five-year period to support efforts to address the global climate crisis through coordination and collaboration within the ocean-related funding community.
The recipient of the funds, the newly created Ocean Resilience and Climate Alliance (ORCA), will focus on how philanthropy can help drive and scale ocean-based solutions to climate change and increase
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