European industry welcomes High Seas Treaty
The culmination of a maraton 40-hour session at the UN headquarters in New York, resulting in UN member states reaching agreement on the landmark international Treaty on the Conservation and…
The Intergovernmental Conference on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction gave Ambassador Rena Lee a standing ovation on the successful conclusion of the BBNJ treaty. Images: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
High Seas Treaty reached at UN
The agreement reached by delegates of the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, better known by its acronym BBNJ, is the culmination of UN-facilitated talks that began…
Javier Garat has been elected for a sixth term as president of The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations. Image: CEPESCA
Javier Garat re-elected ICFA president
The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA), which brings together national fishing industry associations from around the world, has re-elected Javier Garat, secretary general of Spanish Fisheries Confederation CEPESCA as…
Javier Garat has been re-elected ICFA president at its recent meeting in Rome. Image: Cepesca
Javier Garat re-elected ICFA President
Javier Garat has been re-elected president of ICFA (the International Coalition of Fishing Associations) at a meeting in Rome where the organisation’s delegates gathered to analyse internal and external factors…