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Happy Holidays from Sciaena!
Sciaena’s team wishes Happy Holidays to all its members, collaborators, partners and followers.
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A light at the end of the tunnel for the shortfin mako, and other ICCAT 2021 outcomes
Sciaena attended the 27th annual meeting of ICCAT, the International Committee for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, that manages the stocks of both tuna and other pelagic species within the Atlantic Ocean region, that took place between the 15th and the 23rd of November of 2021, through an online format. Although some decisions fell short...
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Sciaena attends ICCAT’s 27th annual meeting
Today marked the beginning of the 27th annual ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) commission meeting, where major fishing management decisions are made on a number of tuna and other large pelagic species for the Atlantic Ocean, and where Sciaena participates as a marine conservation NGO. At Sciaena we believe...
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The Deposit Return System for Beverages in Portugal – 21/10/2021 – Registrations
ANP|WWF, Sciaena and Zero, in partnership Retorna, NOVA SBE and Cascais Municipality are coorganizing an event on the future deposit return system for beverages in Portugal, which should start in 2022 but is, unfortunately, considerably delayed. The objective of this event is to improve the knowledge...
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Sciaena was in the first ever CCRUP in-person meeting
Sciaena attended the first in-person meeting of the Advisory Council for the Outermost Regions, an organization that brings together fishermen, NGOs and other entities, with the objective of guaranteeing healthy marine ecosystems and sustainable fisheries. Among several representatives of the governments of Spain, Portugal and France, a...
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IUCN Congress votes yes to a moratorium on deep sea mining
A motion calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining was adopted with overwhelming support by the IUCN World Conservation Congress on September 8. Among government and government agencies 81 voted for the moratorium with 18 against and 28 abstentions. Among NGOs and civil society organization the vote was 577 for, 32 against and 35 abstentions,...
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Sciaena submits feedback to the European Commission on the CFP’s state of play
Sciaena follows, since 2014, the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy at national and European level. The current basic regulation of the CFP contains ambitious goals and concrete deadlines to place the European Union at the forefront of fisheries management and make it sustainable in the three pillars – environmental, social and...
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Launch of the report “Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter”
The think piece “Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter” was released on July 13 and provides a detailed overview regarding the levels of introduction of marine litter into the ocean according to various scenarios, as well as suggestions on how to reduce the production of this waste. This tool was developed by...
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Single-use plastics pollution: where do Europe and Portugal stand?
July 3, 2021 was the deadline for EU Member States to transpose the Single Use Plastics Directive. But how is the implementation of this directive going? The Rethink Plastic alliance, the Break Free From Plastic movement and Seas at Risk – of which Sciaena is a part – have released two reports and an interactive […]
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Ministry of Environment’s delay in regulating the deposit system harms the country and the circular economy
Yesterday, ANP|WWF, Sciaena and ZERO organized a projection action at Largo do Camões, in Lisbon, in order to alert to the huge waste of resources resulting from the delay in the implementation of the Deposit Return System (DRS) for disposable packaging. In every day of delay, Portugal wastes 4 million disposable beverage packages in plastic,...
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