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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochurePartnering for sustainability and biodiversity in ABNJ 2024
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No results found.The ocean Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) are managed collaboratively by subregional and regional organizations due to their distance from coastlines and lack of specific national responsibility. The Common Oceans Program focuses on the sustainable use and biodiversity conservation of these zones. The Program is composed of five key projects that notably aim to improve tuna and deep-sea fisheries management, foster partnerships in the Sargasso Sea, and enhance cross-sectoral cooperation. For tuna fisheries, the Program seeks to ensure sustainable fishing practices, decrease bycatch through innovative monitoring, and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by strengthening regulatory frameworks. In deep-sea fisheries, efforts focus on supporting the adoption of long-term management plans for key stocks and improving data collection. For the Sargasso Sea, the Program is developing a first of its kind socio-ecosystem diagnostic analysis and setting up a Strategic Action Programme to guide conservation efforts. The Program also focuses on cross-sectoral cooperation, enhancing regional and national capacities to manage increasing human activities in the ABNJ. This includes developing training programmes to support well-informed decision-making and promote compliance with the new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).