The third Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the ABNJ Deep Seas Project was held at WCMC headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom from 17-18 April 2018. The meeting was attended by representatives of 13 project partners, including the FAO and UNEP-WCMC. The primary objective of this PSC meeting was to discuss the results of the Mid-Term Review (MTR), which covered the time period from the project start date to December 2017.

Business plan to support the improvement of the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) small-scale fishery in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador. Developed as part of the GEF-funded, World Bank-implemented Ocean Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation Project, a sub-project of the Common Oceans ABNJ Program led by UN-FAO. 

This webinar discusses the importance of data and metadata in areas beyond national jurisdiction: Work undertaken to create a metadata inventory of relevant data suitable for use in area-based planning in the regions; Data storage options in the two pilot regions, to help understand the current situation and highlight potential for improvement in the future, including regional and global data relevant for area-based planning. 

This webinar discusses a range of planning and management tools for use in areas beyond national jurisdiction: - Available area-based planning tools for ABNJ; - Key features that enable them to be used for cross-sectoral area-based planning in support of the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in ABNJ; - Recommendations based on analysis undertaken to guide the development of a dedicated area-based planning methodology. Also available in Spanish.

This brochure is intended to provide guidance and proposed next steps for the development of a Sustainable Fisheries Fund (SFF) for the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC). The WECAFC member countries and FAO are currently working on the establishment of a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) in the Western Central Atlantic region, and this document focuses on a potential funding concept, which would act as an intermediary for deploying capital to support the transition to sustainable fisheries in the region. It provides a short overview of the SFF and the next steps in the development process of the SFF concept for consideration by relevant governments and investors.