World’s First International Fisheries Pact in Force, Cuba Joins

World’s First International Fisheries Pact in Force, Cuba Joins

In May, Cuba agreed to join an international consortium of countries launching an effort to target Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing; that accord is now binding. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that a groundbreaking international accord today and is now legally binding for the 29 countries and a regional … Read more

NOAA Launches Long-Term Fisheries Study Involving Cuba

NOAA Launches Long-Term Fisheries Study Involving Cuba

A team of NOAA oceanographers set sail from Miami aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster on May 7th to investigate ocean currents and fish larvae distribution in the southern Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean. The joint cruise between NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) is a new … Read more

A Kinship Fellows Webinar on Cuban Conservation & Ecology

A Kinship Fellows Webinar on Cuban Conservation & Ecology

The Kinship Fellows webinar series, a free and public offering of expertise in market-based conservation, will feature Fernando Bretos in A Cuban Conservation Challenge on March 22 at 1:00 PM Central. Register here to attend the webinar. Bretos, a thought leader on the Caribbean marine conservation, directs the Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. His … Read more